Example sentences of "[prep] have [been] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And my husband , although I 'm only very small and under five foot , my husband is thirteen stone and six foot two inches , so moving him about has been a great problem . |
| 2 | The Scottish wildcat is still being hunted despite having been a protected species since 1988 , according to a report from the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland . |
| 3 | He went on , however , to accuse the President of having been a habitual cocaine user in the 1970s , and of attempting to seduce his ( Pedro 's ) wife . |
| 4 | Well what this has involved me in has been a long study of a single school . |
| 5 | Well what this has involved me in has been a long study of a single school . |