Example sentences of "that have [adv] been a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As these teachers realized they were not to get the major posts of responsibility , that their objective career progression had come to an end , that their own subject expertise was being compared unfavourably with that of their colleagues from former grammar schools , and that they were to be allocated the ‘ dirty work ’ of teaching the lower-ability groups in the lower streams — they formed a staff counterculture which set about resisting the initiatives of the head , and they withdrew that commitment and enthusiasm in the classroom that had previously been a major part of their secondary modern identity : |
| 2 | Her looks and her vibrant personality had always won the day for her — but perhaps in the long run that had n't been a good thing , because now those weapons had failed her she was floundering , rudderless . |
| 3 | He 'd closed his eyes once in the last forty hours , and that had only been a restless doze in the back of the car on the way to the border . |
| 4 | He was a tall man — not quite as tall as Tom Russell , but still over six feet — with slightly thinning hair that had once been a dark brown but was now streaked with grey . |
| 5 | Esther shook her head , oblivious of the stray wisp of hair that fanned to and fro across her forehead ; hair that had once been a soft shade of brown , but which now was streaked iron grey . |
| 6 | An influence strong enough to rob her of the natural exuberant self-confidence that had always been a central , unthinking part of her personality . |