Example sentences of "[noun prp] has been [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jessica Charles-Jones also from Wantage has been in a wheelchair since an accident in 1988 . |
| 2 | Historically the BBC has been in a privileged position to negotiate coverage with the ‘ gentlemen amateurs ’ of the MCC , the Committee of the All-England Club , and the four rugby unions . |
| 3 | Mansell has been on a flying visit to the Williams HQ at Didcot in Oxfordshire where he talked about his life and challenges . |
| 4 | in Gloucester navigator Ade Jeffries has been on a crash course to lose the fat and get fit … |
| 5 | Rather hoary for a start-up , Mentalix has been through a couple of iterations beginning as a consultant and going on to develop scanner interfaces for the old Apollo workstation . |
| 6 | Disney has been in a protracted dispute with contractors over costings . |
| 7 | The CFTC has been without a chairman since January , when Wendy Gramm left . |
| 8 | RAF Abingdon has been like a ghost town since the summer . |
| 9 | Suzanne Calvert has been in a coma for five months since being given the drug at a party by Army deserter Sean O'Brian . |
| 10 | Tony has been in a coma for almost four years . |
| 11 | John has been without a father for one year ( line 3 ) . |