Example sentences of "[verb] been a [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | ‘ It would 've been a bad time for t'road between t'two farms ti be blocked wi' snow . ’ |
| 9 | There has been a parallel argument about the lax stock-taking procedures for plutonium . |
| 10 | Rather it points to the fact that there has been a subtle change in the composition of the teaching force . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | More generally , MITI has been a consistent promoter of recession cartels which would facilitate an ‘ orderly ’ reduction in excess capacity . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | However letter-bombing has been a consistent feature — one device addressed to the then Prime Minister , Margaret Thatcher , in the mid 1980s injured a Downing Street worker . |
| 15 | The Leader of the Opposition claims that he has been a consistent supporter of the Common Market for years , but everyone knows that he was a consistent and bitter opponent of it for many years . |
| 16 | Since then ‘ Charity Golf ’ has been a consistent element in the Ladies ' calendar . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The regular CBI surveys and the regular Department of Employment labour force survey show that over the 1980s — this is the answer to the hon. Member for Newport , East ( Mr. Hughes ) — there has been a consistent increase in employers ' commitment to training , even in this current recession . |
| 19 | There has been a consistent failure to direct the fruits of growth to the areas , industries , and groups that need it most . |
| 20 | He has been a consistent advocate of ensuring that the law of the land is adhered to . |
| 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 | As Table 8 shows , there has been a consistent gap between the earnings of the two groups . |
| 23 | Having said that , his aerial ability has been a consistent source of goals . |
| 24 | This link between the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf regions has been a consistent theme in Soviet statements . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | That has been a consistent record of the Government since 1979 . |
| 27 | They were Miss Margaret ( Peggy ) Herbison , who is the oldest surviving Scottish woman MP , having served in the Labour Party cabinet in the 1960s ; Councillor Sheila Ritchie , who has been a Liberal Democrat councillor in Gordon for a number of years and is at present a member of the party 's National Executive Committee ; and Miss Ann Hay , who is an influential key organiser for the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association in Edinburgh . |
| 28 | She has been a keen walker and rock climber for many years and has climbed in the Alps , Pyrenees and Dolomites . |
| 29 | The background to these concerns has been a deepening crisis in the capitalist economic system — to which some argue the growth and behaviour of the state sector has itself contributed . |
| 30 | Susie Cornell , who has been a multiple sclerosis sufferer for 20 years , at the Under Pressure gymnasium |