Example sentences of "[verb] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | You could 've been a real trendsetter , you could 've put Ghostbuster stripes on it |
2 | In particular Donal Lunny 's assured production allows for moments of rain-washed clarity in what could 've been a groggy hotchpotch . |
3 | Er where would with er would 've been a front room that was another house . |
4 | There must 've been a little bit of snow |
5 | Would that 've been a full time then or would she have done other |
6 | Yeah , but if they 'd have , if they 'd have said look , we 're onto erm a job now which would 've been a big job and it looks like it finishing up in Yorkshire , finishing up in Lancashire , be ready if we give a call out . |
7 | You 'd 've been alright if it 'd 've been a mass murderer slept for years . |
8 | Got the ball away when it might 've been a fourth Pisa corner . |
9 | ‘ It would 've been a bad time for t'road between t'two farms ti be blocked wi' snow . ’ |
10 | It may be for everyone who comes to buy a ticket , but those who do choose to go are a small minority of the population . |
11 | The most common experiences in the two years before a cancer is diagnosed are a significant loss or a sense of meaninglessness in the whole process of living . |
12 | And they point out that the applications being checked are a tiny percentage of the 340,000 dealt with this year . |
13 | Included are a Georgian manor with swimming pool near Cambridge , a 17th Century inn with solarium at Chelmarsh , Shropshire , and a former 19th Century vicarage in Berwick-upon-Tweed , Northumberland . |
14 | Also included are a large green enamelled blue-ground saucer dish , Kangxi marks and of the period ( est. £25–35,000 ; $45–60,000 ) and a pair of yellow and blue dragon bowls of the same period ( est. £15–25,000 ; $25–45,000 ) . |
15 | Tools included are a lightweight folding ladder that goes in a car boot ; a 1.3m ladder-frame , easy-climb alloy tower ; a lightweight vibrating plate for settling concrete paving blocks , that will fit into the smallest of cars ; a copper tube T-end joiner ; a skip loader ; a 10m two-man hydraulic lift ; Alligator saw ; a tree stump chipper ; and even a bouncy castle ! |
16 | There has been a parallel argument about the lax stock-taking procedures for plutonium . |
17 | Rather it points to the fact that there has been a subtle change in the composition of the teaching force . |
18 | Since then ‘ Charity Golf ’ has been a consistent element in the Ladies ' calendar . |
19 | There has been a consistent failure to direct the fruits of growth to the areas , industries , and groups that need it most . |
20 | Late-night scheduling has been a consistent feature of lesbian and gay programming , exploiting the gay audience 's motivation to watch these programmes while keeping them on the edges of broadcasting . |
21 | There has been a consistent pattern of uninvestigated deaths in custody in Malawi , usually resulting from torture , harsh conditions or denial of medical treatment . |
22 | Yet there still remains Peter Golding 's interesting finding : in the past ten years ( through such surveys as have been carried out , which are not many and with no great scientific basis ) , there has been a consistent public appreciation of social work , even though the public has equally consistently held social workers in low esteem , below teachers , doctors , and nurses . |
23 | More generally , MITI has been a consistent promoter of recession cartels which would facilitate an ‘ orderly ’ reduction in excess capacity . |
24 | As Table 8 shows , there has been a consistent gap between the earnings of the two groups . |
25 | There has been a consistent increase in the number of well qualified applicants of about 30% to the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine , and we are able to admit only one in 18 applicants . |
26 | In the USA , in national opinion polls conducted since Chernobyl , there has been a consistent two-to-one margin of opposition over support for new construction of nuclear power stations . |
27 | This link between the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf regions has been a consistent theme in Soviet statements . |
28 | That there has been a consistent theme to British economic policy over many years is clear ; how successfully it has been implemented within the EEC is more obscure . |
29 | Self taught , Albert , who is a relative of George Barron , of BBC TV 's Beechgrove Garden fame , has been tending the gardens for 16 years and has been a consistent winner in the gardens competition over the years . |
30 | If the Minister had given those figures , would they not have shown — especially those relating to the number convicted of terrorist offences — that , over the past decade , there has been a consistent and significant decline in the number of people convicted ? |