Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] [been] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Robert de Niro has always been case as the Invisible Man of Hollywood . |
| 2 | Trainer Paul Cole had also been second in Ireland 's big race on Saturday when well-backed Bright Generation was outgunned by Clive Brittain 's flying filly Sayyedati at The Curragh . |
| 3 | Another reader brought in the 1960 European Cup semi-final programme between Dundee and Milan to underline one of the connections Dundee manager Bob Shankly had previously been gaffer at Stirling . |
| 4 | They met at a café near the opera , and Arnoux urged his political chief Albert Sarraut to meet this remarkable young man ( Sarraut had previously been Governor-General of Indo-China ) . |
| 5 | Eight other member country governments favoured a more or less automatic start to stage two in January 1994 , while the UK had not been party to the October 1990 decision and had presented its own " hard ecu " proposals [ see p. 37969 ] . |
| 6 | Miller has always been expert at bringing out the best in players — he turned Frank McAvennie from a midfield player into a striker in his St Mirren days — and the evolution of Pat McGinlay as a goalscoring midfield player is merely the latest example of his handiwork . |
| 7 | Pérez had previously been President in 1974-79 and was the first Venezuelan head of state to be re-elected . |
| 8 | Germany , Spain , Greece , Portugal and Italy have all been dictatorships in the last fifty years , some of them recently . |
| 9 | France , Spain and Italy have all been stalwarts of the EC . |
| 10 | French-trained Col. Guei had also been chief of the national fire brigade . |
| 11 | I 'd rigged it for her a while back in part payment for temporary accommodation after the house I 'd lived in in Southwark had accidentally been sort of totally damaged . |
| 12 | The council apparently argued that as Gloucester had not been protector at the time , any attempt on his life could not be construed as treason . |
| 13 | The council apparently argued that as Gloucester had not been protector at the time , any attempt on his life could not be construed as treason . |