Example sentences of "have [be] [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Elizabeth is a 27-year old midwife who considers she has been at least a stone ( 14lb/6.5kg ) overweight since she was aged 16 . |
2 | He gazed at her without speaking for what must have been at least a minute . |
3 | Something like the last few sentences must however have been at least a part of Tolkien 's intention . |
4 | A magazine rack overflowed with rolled newspapers : they had obviously arrived by post , but many were unopened , as though Reid had n't had time to catch up with news that must have been at least a month old . |
5 | That detective must have been at least a captain . |
6 | Now I do n't know what they were worth and she was saying they must have been worth quite a bit cos they 're big detached solid houses are n't they ? |
7 | Once he had ( rightly ) rejected that argument , he treated the matter as one for the unfettered exercise of his discretion , in which W. 's views were merely a relatively unimportant factor , and expressed the view that his real choice was between the conflicting medical views of Dr. M. , the consultant psychiatrist in whose care W. had been for over a year , and Dr. G. , supported in the event by Dr. D. , another consultant psychiatrist with specialist experience in the field of anorexia nervosa . |
8 | So we 've been through quite a lot of those and it 's it , the case does n't really stack up . |
9 | I 've been through quite a lot . |
10 | Could there have been at sometime a mill in that most attractive valley which runs northeast from the bridge over the burn near Lyrabus ? |
11 | Mr Bodlender 's comments are supported by the results of the ninth quarterly Horwath Business Confidence Survey , which shows that Britain 's hoteliers are significantly more confident than they have been for over a year . |
12 | Have been for over a week . |
13 | It 's been at least an hour . |
14 | Jackie 's been in there a while , has she not ? |