Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] been a [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Public Enemy had been a Warner Bros film and that studio soon went on to consolidate its reputation as one specializing in contemporary themes by releasing I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang . |
| 2 | The Bidston Dock cranes have been a Birkenhead landmark for many years . |
| 3 | Mind you if Frank Bough had been a Manchester beauty queen with no previous experience would he have been appointed to front the BBC 's Breakfast Time as was Debbie Greenwood ? |
| 4 | The call on Sanders elicited the information that the client in question had been a Herr Fedorov , who lived in a large house just north of the village . |
| 5 | She wished that Baby had been a Michael . |
| 6 | Like Spurgeon he had worked his way up from humble beginnings — his father had been a Northumberland stone-mason — and like Spurgeon he had had a chapel built round him . |
| 7 | An active cricketer , Mr. Phillips has been a Havant councillor for the past 12 years , being chairman last year . |
| 8 | MARY BAILEY has been a PFK regular for many years . |
| 9 | Since 1846 his faithful companion had been a Miss Howard , formerly of Brighton and London , who had discreetly accompanied the Prince through his various adventures . |
| 10 | Bill had been a Beatles roadie and then became a manager , of The Mojos and Badfinger — which is how he came to be the owner of studios in Denmark Street . |
| 11 | With his baggage had been a Sony music centre . |
| 12 | The Falkland ( Malvinas ) Islands have been a United Kingdom dependent territory since right of sovereignty was claimed in 1833 , when a British naval captain expelled an Argentine force . |
| 13 | His most recent library book had been a Barbara Pym . |
| 14 | Gunthardt had been a Wimbledon quarter-finalist that year in singles and had won the doubles title with Balazs Taroczy of Hungary so Bates ' victory at the time was a little short of sensational . |
| 15 | James has been a James today . |
| 16 | Julie Clark has been a Glosters wife for 14 years . |
| 17 | Peter the Great had a particular liking for Scots , probably influenced by his mother who had been reared by a Scotswoman , and by his own guardian after his father 's death having been a General Menzies . |