Example sentences of "who has been [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only " reason " given by Anderson — " I changed my mind " ( p. 87 ) — clearly violates the maxim of quantity in providing too little information , and his excuse , that he " did n't realize it mattered " , violates the maxim of quality because , being a Cambridge don who has been to a number of overseas conferences , he will be well aware of the procedures involved . |
| 2 | Anyone who has been to a concert by Fine Arts Brass will know the group combines virtuosity with versatility , playing music of all styles with equal flair and placing the emphasis very much on entertainment . |
| 3 | The measures , except for the rule regarding accelerated accrual rates , are unlikely to affect anyone who has been in a pension scheme prior to March 1987 and remains with the same employer . |
| 4 | Each leaf makes contact with the air , and anyone who has been in a grove of beech trees on a windy night can have no doubt as to the elemental attribution of the tree . |
| 5 | A court ruled two weeks ago that Tony , 21 , who has been in a coma for 3½ years , could have his feeding tube removed . |
| 6 | Allan Bland on his son who has been in a coma since the Hillsborough disaster . |
| 7 | Mr Munby was summing up on day two of a historic test case that will decide the fate of Tony , who has been in a coma for three and a half years . |
| 8 | Yorkshire Health Authority is seeking legal clarification on the treatment of a victim of the Hillsborough disaster who has been in a coma for three years , he will never recover and his parents want him to be allowed to die . |
| 9 | Yorkshire Health Authority is seeking legal clarification on the treatment of a victim of the Hillsborough disaster who has been in a coma for three years , he will never recover and his parents want him to be allowed to die . |
| 10 | Anyone who has been alongside a ship when he or she is in a small boat knows the way she towers over you at a dockside . |