Example sentences of "they have [adv] [been] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay , well I mean there are var various people that enter sales as you know they 've probably been a plumber or something and gone into it . |
| 2 | They 've long been a part of the river 's past . |
| 3 | No they 've always been a bit short |
| 4 | Lots of fiery meetings and grand gestures , plenty of petitions to Washington and protests outside John Wayne movies , but in the end they had just been a bunch of dumb redskins battering their heads against the white man 's bricks . |
| 5 | They had always been a task force in their own right and had a head start in this respect with their trained crews specialising in interceptions at sea and rummage duties , traditional skills which could now be deployed more swiftly and utilised more efficiently by use of new radio equipment and position finding navigational aids such as radar and Decca Navigators . |
| 6 | Second , under the proposals , established partners who anticipate retiring after the five-year transitional relief has expired will pay tax in respect of a greater period of time than they have actually been a partner . |
| 7 | They have always been a club with potential , and that potential appears to have been realised this season . |
| 8 | They have never been a part of Middlesbrough , except that for the Post Office 's convenience that town is used as an addition to their postal address . |