Example sentences of "[be] something [conj] have been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has that been something that 's been on the government 's mind , the backhanded benefit of higher prices ? |
| 2 | Elephants : if you actually shoot elephants in a controlled way you may in fact preserve the species , and that is something that has been done , though it is less important if everybody avoids using ivory and it is not worth killing the elephants at all . |
| 3 | This is something that has been advocated for disadvantaged communities across Europe but rarely gets past the rhetoric stage . |
| 4 | Film is something that has been edited and this should always be borne in mind when using it . |
| 5 | That is something that has been canvassed on many , many occasions . |
| 6 | This is something that 's been on my mind for a very long time and I mean , I , I , I think it 's about time we started getting rid of these things and updating our own toilets you know . |
| 7 | No a f a fossil is something that 's been turned to stone in the ground . |
| 8 | On several occasions I witnessed his lordship make attempts to draw M. Dupont aside for some private conversation , only for Mr Lewis smilingly to impose himself upon them with some remark like : ‘ Pardon me , gentlemen , but there 's something that 's been greatly puzzling me , ’ so that his lordship soon found himself having to listen to some more of Mr Lewis 's jovial anecdotes . |
| 9 | Did you never think , ‘ Here 's something that 's been neglected and so I 'll step in and begin collecting this ’ ? |
| 10 | I 'm a manufacturer , I like to make things , I like to hold something at the end of day and say that 's something that 's been created . |
| 11 | He knew this was something that had been happening slowly for a long time , something that had to happen or he was lost , but it was such a brittle structure they were building , one word would topple it , shatter it , one word would be enough to jerk them back into that ordinary daylight where nothing could be changed or righted , nothing could unravel . |
| 12 | Surely this was something that had been threatening for years ? |