Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] have [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | History might have been different if Cleopatra 's nose had been longer or Napoleon had been taller . |
| 2 | However , much misunderstanding surrounds the nature of the so-called ‘ one voice ’ campaign which Caterer & Hotelkeeper has been instrumental in promoting . |
| 3 | Of the previous four presidents one , Johnson , had been effectively driven from office by the failure of his Vietnam policy ; one , Nixon , had resigned in disgrace and neither Ford nor Carter had been able to cope with the limits on presidential power . |
| 4 | Laing and Costain had been medium and small building firms respectively in the north of England before both moved south to London and prospered … |
| 5 | They frequently flew together in the two-seater bi-plane , covering large sections of the south coast and Keitel had been able to indulge in his interest for aerial photography . |
| 6 | Kylie and Jason have been inseparable since their teens |
| 7 | And Trent had been correct as to the Kalashnikovs — one more failure for British exports . |
| 8 | She and Sarah had been indignant and sad to see a picture of Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia on the Pathe News Gazette at the cinema after Mussolini had invaded his country . |
| 9 | Although the flow and use of information about TVEI and NCVQ have been patchy and limited , the aims , in contrast , of Training and Enterprise Councils ( TECs ) are all-embracing . |
| 10 | It had been a rough race and Kelly had been glad that she had elected to be among the leaders throughout . |
| 11 | Pat and Sheila had been busy , too . |
| 12 | Questions about possible friction between the disparate corporate cultures of Time and Warner have been current ever since the merger . |
| 13 | Colette and Bernard had been married for fifteen years . |
| 14 | Ana and Mitch had been intrigued , especially at dinner when the count had firmly called Maggie by her name . |
| 15 | Tim and Sophie had been due to fly out to meet Julie and Elizabeth within a few days . |
| 16 | She was godmother to Julie 's 23-month-old daughter Sophie and Mr Godwin and Sophie had been due to fly out to join the group on Friday . |
| 17 | For the first time she regretted being an identical twin ; none of this would have happened if she and Dana had been ordinary sisters , but then you might never have met Roman Wyatt , her subconscious whispered . |
| 18 | Darwin and Spencer had been wrong to argue that women were in a state of arrested development . |
| 19 | A report published in April by the New York-based Carnegie Endowment for Peace claimed that Argentina , Brazil , India , Iraq and Pakistan had been able to circumvent international regulations and build or expand nuclear weapons capabilities . |
| 20 | If that is the case , then Annabelle and Steven have been fortunate in enjoying the most wonderful beginning . |
| 21 | No two boys and a girl , so it meant that two boys have to share a bedroom which they were n't doing in that other house and David 's been unemployed well |
| 22 | Bartlemas and O'Rourke had been silent too long and burst again into stereo action . |
| 23 | Since there are so many alleged dope smugglers languishing in Mexican jails , some claimed to be unjustly accused , relations between the U.S. and Mexico have been taut of late . |
| 24 | Erskine House Group Plc shares nose-dived 14 pence to land at 27 pence after it said that its final dividend for 1992 will , at most , be nominal , saying that January and February had been dire in the US . |
| 25 | Crilly and Charlton in the late 1920s were as familiar , popular and talented as Little and Rhodes and Little and Cross had been earlier in the decade and , although Tom was dogged by ill-health , he played 18 League games for us in 1928–29 and 20 in 1929–30 . |
| 26 | Bill Muggeridge , he noted with regret , had been free for the first hour , when Pumfrey and Fenniway had been busy with the Fromes , but was not free again until after lunch . |
| 27 | The blond man had nodded a greeting to her , and Carol had been aware of his appraising gaze . |
| 28 | During his four-year term the police had acquired significantly more political and executive power , and Badr had been responsible for the arrests of thousands of Moslem militants and alleged leftists . |
| 29 | Once , at school , the girls had amused themselves by putting together the perfect woman , and Jane had been surprised when they chose her eyes , which were large and brown . |
| 30 | ‘ Elsie and Simon had been married for six years or so when she disappeared . |