Example sentences of "have [adv] [adv] been [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | YOUTH hostelling , in my experience , has not always been plain sailing . |
| 2 | Not only has there or has n't there been ritual abuse or sexual abuse or physical abuse , but the context of neglect , deprivation or support ; is this a child whose welfare will best be served . |
| 3 | Men had only ever been pleasant pastimes in her full and varied life . |
| 4 | If the Secretary of State had regularly taken the governors ' advice about appointments , patronage might have been used to control the assemblies — some governors , notably in Massachusetts , were able to get their own way in their assemblies much more often in wartime and , while this was partly due to patriotism and partly due to fear of the French , it does appear that war contracts could build support in what had not always been promising soil for the governors . |
| 5 | These had originally also been nomadic pastoralists , but even by the time of the Russian conquest were partly settled and engaged in agriculture around the Tatar towns such as Tara and Tyumen . |
| 6 | It validated what had previously only been personal impressions : that the work was variable , time consuming , complex and required considerable skill . |
| 7 | They have n't always been National Anthems , it 's a relatively new thing , erm , I 've mentioned Elizabethan times , about four hundred years ago . |
| 8 | Both hysterics and anorexics have almost invariably been middle-class women or girls . |