Example sentences of "have been [num] [prep] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could never have been one of those charismatic men and women who inspire and enthuse ; equally , he could never have achieved an indifferent acceptance of failure . |
| 2 | It must have been one of those little short-necked electric guitars that Lindley had . |
| 3 | It had been one of those deep , deep sleeps ; the kind when you do n't know a thing until your mum starts yelling at you for the umpteenth time that you 're going to be late for school if you do n't get up . |
| 4 | At school , however , Coleby had been one of those brainless nonentities who never belong entirely to any one social group , who seem destined for failure . |
| 5 | Falcone had been one of those responsible for bringing to trial 473 members of the Mafia in December 1987 [ see p. 35990 ] . |
| 6 | It had been one of those bloody-minded mornings , when everything went wrong and even inanimate objects seemed to have banded together in a conspiracy against him . |
| 7 | Theirs had been one of those childless , self-absorbing marriages which unconsciously repel attempts at intimacy . |