Example sentences of "and [noun sg] have been [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 As the Doctor gives the conventional lore of his day , a blend of ethics and medicine : we see that we are also those ‘ deaf pillows ’ , that the masking and unmasking has been all for our sake .
2 Eight key tasks are identified and work has been underway on these for some time .
3 The recession has hit all industries and acting has been right in the thick of it .
4 Further , Curtis had informed Grant that the word on the streets was that the recent outbreak of violence and killing had been all about a territorial dispute between rival Triad and Mafia gangs .
5 Brooke Alexander , of course , and Josh Baer , Ronald Feldman , Pat Hearn and Feature have been there for some time .
6 But the man whom he promised to come back and visit had been there for twenty years , the oldest inhabitant , as the turnkey would tell newcomers ; he could play the piano and speak fluent French and Italian .
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