Example sentences of "be [adj] have [be] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking immaculate in a bright red suit she said : ‘ I have been looking forward to this moment for a long time and I am glad to have been a part of it . ’ |
| 2 | It 's been a bit difficult because we are used to doing the things that choirs do , having music and hiding behind it , and of course getting the girls to be uninhibited has been a bit difficult , but they 've taken to it very well actually and having the costumes for today 's rehearsals has been a great help . |
| 3 | I thought that being pregnant had been a dream and I 'd woken up . |
| 4 | I am convinced by recent research findings in America and Britain that social work practice can either foster a sense of permanence or detract from it , and that in the past our treating permanent substitute families as if they were temporary has been a cause of insecurity . |
| 5 | A small islet at the other end of the loch is supposed to have been a prison . |
| 6 | This bayonet is supposed to have been a murder weapon . |
| 7 | When she returned to Jedburgh that evening she was in great pain from what is likely to have been a haemorrhage , of which she had suffered several since her son 's birth . |
| 8 | In the middle of a prime corn-growing district , Chichester is unlikely to have been a centre of putting out ; high wages there probably showed the influence of a craft-based manufacture , though on too small a scale to have any marked effect on the level and distribution of wealth . |
| 9 | The previous crime was supposed to have been an assault . ’ |
| 10 | He said the fact that Mr Taylor , 39 , a barrister , was black had been a factor . |