Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] [pers pn] have been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also proposed to include a non-fundholding general practitioner on the committee as it has been a policy to try to ensure that two tier service does not develop . |
| 2 | There are , however , some patients who , though not in an acutely disturbed state , will need extra security for a period because they have been a risk to the public at some time in the recent past or are considered to require special containment while assessment continues in conditions of moderate security . |
| 3 | That would have caused outrage if she had been an infant , since Zuwaya do not slap other people 's children . |
| 4 | You can have a biscuit if you 've been a good boy . |
| 5 | By pre-arrangement the debate was limited to foreign and defence matters , which Mr Ford considered his strong suit because he had been a congressman and a vice-president while his opponent , Jimmy Carter , had been a mere governor of Georgia and a peanut farmer . |
| 6 | Remember , I 'm giving you this money because he has been a good boy . |
| 7 | You could not , no , a miner once he 's been a miner , can not go down er a pit and say to anyone down a pit , and say to anyone down a pit , that he 's not a miner . |
| 8 | Charlie rarely saw his own father when he 'd been a patient and sad character living with his mother . |
| 9 | In 1889 , the year before the Leeds Congress , he was offered the living of St Katherine 's Church where he had been a very popular curate . |
| 10 | Again , we welcome that , but is it not sad that it comes 12 years after this Government were elected and after not just one but two Secretaries of State since I have been a Member of Parliament have been influenced because of criticism of tobacco advertising and irresponsible elements in the tobacco industry ? |
| 11 | I closed my eyes for the rest of the journey as it had been a busy two days and I did n't feel lik& going to the council offices either , It would be too late anyway so I decided to take a stroll by the river and see how Nigel was getting on with the excavations . |
| 12 | I might hope to be a better grandfather than I 'd been a father . ’ |
| 13 | He rammed in the pitch , keeping his balance in the tossing pirogue , as only he could , he with his funambulist 's antennae , who might have scaled the ship on a free-floating ladder if it had been a parade , a feast , a time of play and rejoicing . |
| 14 | It would have been a different matter if you had been a permanent assistant in the practice . |
| 15 | Now that the Colonello had been taken away , the only Italian from the camp who remained was one of the two interpreters , Capitano Camino , who had an excellent command of English because he had been a businessman in England before the war . |
| 16 | ’ So this particular sergeant who had been a PC when I had been an acting sergeant , sat alongside me . |
| 17 | It will begin to ‘ make real ’ the fact of her husband 's death and permanent departure from her life , so everything possible should be done to give the occasion dignity , beauty , and a feeling of thanksgiving for his life ; for this is a memory she will carry with her always , and it is one from which most widows can draw some comfort if it has been an uplifting experience shared with her family and friends . |
| 18 | ‘ A train pulled in just 15 seconds after the blast if it had been a bit earlier then the casualties would have been a hell of a lot worse , ’ said eye-witness Andy Anderson , a Financial Times journalist . |
| 19 | I explained that I had not entered at the right time because I had been a hostage in Iraq . |