Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] have [adv] [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard and Ian had both been involved with the revival of the Bellerby Sword Dance Play , in 1982 for the anniversary of the school and in 1983 for the Richard III celebrations in Middleham . |
| 2 | Well , she 'd lost that much weight , now she 's very conscious from then on , you know , she 's sort of kept her weight down , but her daughter also had a job at our place and she was gross , I mean , Olive and Ann had both been huge women , but , but this daughter , and she was only about five feet tall and er , I do n't know what her weight was but it was one of those |
| 3 | She and Molly had always been close until Molly 's marriage to Sol Stein , owner of a thriving factory in the rag trade in Leeds . |
| 4 | Sydney and Brisbane have always been strong rugby cities but Perth 's astonishing ratings figures have delighted the ARFU . |
| 5 | And Artemis had never been happier in all her life . |
| 6 | Feradach and Eogan had both been right . |
| 7 | Central America and Israel/Palestine have recently been prominent in this work . |
| 8 | He and Franca had always been fond of each other . |
| 9 | St Ives was confessing to Olwyn that he and Frieda had never been happy together . |
| 10 | The draw could also be decisive in the Cartier Million , run on the dog-leg straight at Phoenix Park , and Cumani has again been fortunate with Cullinan ( 4.0 ) , drawn 16 of 20 . |
| 11 | The Netherlands , Switzerland and Luxembourg have traditionally been popular locations for holding companies in Europe . |
| 12 | We could easily afford it , and you and Edith have always been close . |
| 13 | Kilfedder and Molyneaux had once been close but Kilfedder 's desertion of the OUP had divided them . |
| 14 | The coastal resort of Skegness and Mablethorpe have long been famous for the seaside delights they offer and for many , who do not know East Lindsey well , these may be the only places here that they have heard of . |
| 15 | Before the 1967 war Syria , Egypt and Jordan had all been concerned with the issues of Arab nationalism . |
| 16 | Although relations between Russia and Britain had traditionally been fraught with problems since the Crimean War , the deaths caused great distress at Buckingham Palace . |
| 17 | He and Peter have always been good friends and David is the type of lad that once he 's made friends with someone , he has made it for life , ’ says Brian Gedge . |
| 18 | Emotional , cultural ties between Iran and France have always been strong . |
| 19 | Parts of Maida Vale and Bayswater have already been subject to controls . |
| 20 | Departments in Fife , Aberdeen , Strathclyde , Shetland and Dumfries and Galloway have all been subject to criticism and controversy regarding their handling of child care and protection during and since the late 1980s . |
| 21 | Actually , I sent Felicity to Summerhill because I saw this awfully exciting film called The Alamo , starring John Wayne , whom I adore , and he makes this absolutely glorious speech in it which goes ‘ Freedom , I like the sound of the word ’ , actually it 's ‘ Republic ’ he says , I know that because it was on the television last week , but I 've always heard it as ‘ Freedom ’ and I read that A S O'Neill positively breathed Freedom , as indeed do all the Irish , I find , and one has to have pots of money to go there , which gives one — what 's the word ? — sachet , which you do absolutely need to get into Society these days , and Felicity ( her name means Freedom , too , from the Latin , you know ) was frightfully keen to go , and does n't the name simply drip June in , say , the Cotswolds , and Felicity says there are teachers there with nothing to do at all , so you can tell the staff must be tip-top — I mean , what luxury ! spare staff ! — and Felicity 's always been such a tearaway and I know it 's jolly hard but I do think one needs Discipline to get one 's Freedom , I 've always had it , and Republics too , and now I gather she 's been on television , and Felicity was absolutely swearing by the school or something , Angela says , and where is it — somewhere pretty — she goes by train … |
| 22 | Fitzormonde and Mowbray had always been soft , they could whine and moan that they had not been to blame , but Horne had agreed to Whitton 's plan and built a thriving business on the proceeds . |
| 23 | Not only has the essential large vacuum cell been reduced to a small glass cell , but Wieman has also been able to replace gas lasers with solid state devices . |
| 24 | But Jane had always been close to her mother and , almost inevitably , there came an evening when Mrs Connachan inadvertently prised open the floodgates . |
| 25 | But Graham has never been afraid to experiment . |
| 26 | But Buckingham has always been close to her heart : she officially opened the university sixteen years ago and smiles upon its system of accelerated degrees and open access . |