Example sentences of "they have [adv] [been] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's funny they 've never been a great juice freak really |
| 2 | They 've always been a precarious , yeah , I mean me dad used to work down the shipyard and you know you 'd live in fear for when they would close the yards down |
| 3 | They had always been a close family and that night they had all ended up in tears after a lengthy talk with their family GP who had come to the house to talk to them about Jennifer 's diagnosis . |
| 4 | Their attempt to whip up opposition to him when news of Stony Stratford reached London had proved abortive and since then they had apparently been a spent force . |
| 5 | Their attempt to whip up opposition to him when news of Stony Stratford reached London had proved abortive and since then they had apparently been a spent force . |
| 6 | The effects of changes in land use on groundwater quality can thus be very significant , and they have again been a major aspect of the BGS Hydrogeology Group 's work . |