Example sentences of "it have [adv] been [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the occasions I have returned it has usually been late afternoon . |
| 2 | It has only been burning coal in it ! |
| 3 | It has long been common practice to give students isolated passages of poetry or prose , often but not always anonymous , to analyse , discuss , and respond to , in the manner of Richards 's original undertaking . |
| 4 | ( This is why , in the media , it has always been Tory governments that have created new radio or television channels , whether Radio Clyde , Granada Television , London Jazz Radio , or Channel Four . ) |
| 5 | She noticed that his hair had scissor marks in it , as if it had just been dry cut . |
| 6 | For months it had apparently been common knowledge ; something to be tutted over and discussed in hushed tones that stopped abruptly whenever she entered the common-room . |
| 7 | Mark Whiteside ( 18 ) , said he had only recently started modelling but that it had all been good fun . |
| 8 | On the one hand , the narrowly hierarchical nature of British education and the vested interests in maintaining it have undoubtedly been powerful forces at work [ Barnett , 1986 ] . |
| 9 | It 's certainly been great fun with Durham and they are working wonders . |
| 10 | It 's always been rough place |