Example sentences of "[det] [pers pn] have been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So for some it 's been a blessing . |
| 2 | One way and another it had been a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon . |
| 3 | A case of gamekeeper turned poacher , given that she had been a fast-stream entrant to the Treasury , much of whose function it is to resist that sort of demand . ’ |
| 4 | All in all it had been a busy but constructive evening 's work . |
| 5 | And we ourselves became different people from those we had been a minute ago , when we were teasing Filimon the goat or getting into a fight with Pechonkin 's street gang . |
| 6 | It was atypical of most provincial towns in that it had been a thriving industrial centre for some time , and was taking off again after the disruption caused by the Civil War . |