Example sentences of "been [art] waste of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The entire operation had been a waste of time . |
| 2 | I guess the performance of the instruments will have to validate the name , because if these guitars err on the trashy side , that will have been a waste of rather a neat moniker … |
| 3 | On his own decision to go for the draw with a last-minute John Liley penalty , Richards said pointedly : ‘ Trying to win the game by opting for the scrum would have been a waste of time because the moment we drove for the line , they would have wheeled it or collapsed it . |
| 4 | I 'm far more phlegmatic and appreciate the value of people , but this has been a waste of a couple of years , prime working time , and I 'd like those back . ’ |
| 5 | There are arguments for suggesting the landings at Tarawa were unnecessary , much in the way the Dieppe raid on the French coast the previous summer is considered by some historians to have been a waste of many Canadian and other lives . |
| 6 | ‘ I just wonder whether it has all been a waste of time . ’ |
| 7 | Every time I have been to the Jobcentre it 's been a waste of time . |
| 8 | I 'm glad Durham seem pleased with the way it worked out , but it will have been a waste of time for me if I do n't do well in Sri Lanka and in the home series against West Indies . |
| 9 | It would have been a waste of time . ’ |
| 10 | Mr Greene claimed that in Britain campaigns aimed at the population as a whole had been shown to have been a waste of money and there had been a change of policy to target the high-risk groups such as homosexuals and intravenous drug users . |
| 11 | Lunch had not altogether been a waste of time . |
| 12 | With a reply like that it would have been a waste of time and effort to pursue the issue . |
| 13 | P.S If this letter does nt get there I 'm gon na give up , so if it does will someone acknowledge it so I know it has'nt been a waste of time . |
| 14 | Thank you for the dinner , but I 'm afraid it 's all been a waste of time . |
| 15 | It has n't been a waste of time and money . |