Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] [pers pn] have [been] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Regular readers will know that I have been a fan of Stephen Coonts since I reviewed his first novel Flight of the Intruder ( now a major ( ? ) film , as they say , though I 'd make do with the book if I were you ) . |
| 2 | they did not think that it had been a whole school effort ; |
| 3 | The holy spirit gives us a new prospective on life and it , it , it deepens our relationship with God , we do n't have to try and make , make a success of our new Christian life by ourselves , you know it does n't matter whether you 've been a Christian for a week , for a day , for twenty , for fifty years , if you try to do it one day by yourself you are guaranteed failure , there is no way you can do it , it does n't matter how long you 've been a Christian or how short a period , you can not do it , if the great apostle Paul , he could , he said I can do nothing of myself he said I am not sufficient , for all my learning , for all the wonderful visions I 've had , for the knowledge that God has given to me , that I 've been able to write these great apostle 's , he says that I can not do it myself , I ca n't live this Christian life myself and the tremendous thing that none of us , no matter who we are , we do not have to try to make a success of our Christian life on our own , it 's a partnership and God is the senior partner in it , he does n't expect us to do it by ourselves , listen to what the , the , that , the same apostle Paul says when he 's writing to the , the Gelation Christians , in , in chapter two , verse twenty , listen to what he says there , he says I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me and the life which I know live in the flesh I live by faith in the son of God who loved me and delivered himself for me , he said I do n't do it by myself , why not , very simply cos he ca n't , he did n't know how to , he did n't have the power to do it he says but the life I 'm living , I live by the power of Christ who died for me , who gave himself for me and who now lives in me now by the holy spirit |
| 4 | You must always remember that it 's been a fairly small percentage of the frail elderly people who 've actually ever had to go into homes . |
| 5 | I could see that it had been an upsetting experience . |
| 6 | Only when they moved out and the lease was surrendered did Vaughan discover that he had been a victim of Minton 's generosity and had been paying only half his fair share . |
| 7 | ‘ Ah-ha , ’ he started confidently , ‘ that would only happen if it had been a defenestration . |
| 8 | Even in death , some members of the Glencairn family could not forget that she had been a commoner and objected to her burial in the vault . |
| 9 | She could not tell whether it had been a matter of minutes or several hours . |
| 10 | De Niro does n't seem particularly keen to discuss his reasons for wanting to run a restaurant , and will only say that it 's been a vague dream of his for a while . |
| 11 | I ca n't honestly say that it 's been a pleasure , but it has been an experience … one I most definitely do n't want to repeat ! ’ |
| 12 | Er , can I say that it 's been a great pleasure coming er , to you and to say that erm that there 's far more to say , of course , about Canberra er , but I hope that that taster will help you to try and appreciate what went on there . |
| 13 | He could not deny that he had been an unfaithful husband , although he was gentleman enough to keep the names of his various inamoratas to himself . |
| 14 | ‘ Gross exaggeration , ’ Fabia laughed , but could n't deny that she had been a great fan of the Czech composers , and still was . |