Example sentences of "that have [be] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Would that 've been a full time then or would she have done other |
2 | If we do , we now have a model and can say that he and his family have been through it and have borne it with great fortitude , resilience and courage — as has been said , only through their deep religious faith — and that that has been a great lesson to us all . |
3 | Even that has been a mixed blessing . |
4 | That has been a primary objective . |
5 | ‘ That has been a stylish gown . |
6 | There has been nothing to fire the voters ' imagination — no spectacular clashes over policy , no exciting face to face confrontations between leading personalities , no suspense even as to the outcome , for that has been a foregone conclusion for months : the Right will win , and in all probability with a thumping landslide majority . |
7 | and that has been a long time coming but it now appears to be |
8 | That has been a consistent record of the Government since 1979 . |
9 | That has been a big feature of today 's debate , so I want to take the matter a bit further . |
10 | That has been a continuing trend . |
11 | That had been a futile crusade , he knew now , but it was better than the lie Seth offered , the lie that concealed the end of all things . |
12 | That had been a long meeting . |
13 | That had been a long time ago . |
14 | But that had been a long time ago . |
15 | That had been a great adventure , but it was nothing to his travels . |
16 | That had been a great evening . |
17 | If that had been a true man he 'd have drunk it again afterwards ! |
18 | Think of the outcry if that had been a nuclear accident . ’ |
19 | I 'd have had that if that had been a different colour , but it 's cos it 's brown it 's no good in our kitchen . |
20 | That had been an awful tea they 'd had at five o'clock ; two slices of bread and fat , a slab of hard cake and a bowl of milk ; then nothing else , only a drink of water , if they wanted one , before they came to bed , and it only half-past seven . |
21 | Now , reflects Neneh , ‘ Naima and I are really like partners — she trusted me to give her strength and security , and I gained a life in my life — that 's been a complete life-saver a lot of the time . |
22 | I 've just had to get on with it , and that 's been a good thing . ’ |
23 | So , so that 's been a great improvement I think , erm in recent years and , and in the erm early seventies we , we also went into the business of providing equipment that could be left at rescues , on site , you know it was always tying up a fire engine by taking it there and , and being tied up so we provided these things which we call demountable equipment , which we commonly call the pods and erm |