Example sentences of "have [be] [prep] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More importantly , historically the key feature of police work has been about maintaining a particular form of social order on the street . |
| 2 | That is why the board has been considering developing an alternative system jointly with NASDAQ , the American over-the-counter market . |
| 3 | Looking for a win has been like chasing the holy grail … for Swindon … they 've travelled far and wide … some cynics thought they 'd never find it … |
| 4 | So often in my life , where I 've made a mistake , it has been by taking the soft option . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , Mr Varna , I 'm so sorry … ’ she stuttered , even more horrified by her gaffe than she had been about letting a strange woman push her way into the holy of holies . |
| 6 | Future events were to prove just how right Stirling had been in making the latter observations and how his basic principles were to be constantly watered down by interference from outside bodies trying to get their hands on the SAS Regiment , which achieved its greatest successes when left to its own devices . |