Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] have [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although this has been an indifferent year for the club in the league , Hibs are in knockout mood again . |
| 2 | Once this had been a thriving town , prospering on fishing and tourism and the naval college . |
| 3 | If that had been a true man he 'd have drunk it again afterwards ! |
| 4 | Think of the outcry if that had been a nuclear accident . ’ |
| 5 | I 'd have had that if that had been a different colour , but it 's cos it 's brown it 's no good in our kitchen . |
| 6 | ‘ If this had been a Serbian place you would have sent 500 troops here , I guarantee it , ’ Mr Delimustafic said . |
| 7 | " So what would you normally have done as soon as you arrived if this had been an ordinary Thursday ? |
| 8 | There has been nothing to fire the voters ' imagination — no spectacular clashes over policy , no exciting face to face confrontations between leading personalities , no suspense even as to the outcome , for that has been a foregone conclusion for months : the Right will win , and in all probability with a thumping landslide majority . |
| 9 | As this has been a recurring theme in the literature , it warrants further attention when the more general question of rural population change is discussed in the following chapter . |