Example sentences of "[been] a [adj] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The children , however , were persistent and led the way round to the side of the building , stopping at what had probably been a small parcels office . |
| 2 | She 'd even felt the odd pang of nostalgia for the old days when she 'd been a young wet-behind-the-ears singer , just beginning to make her way up the ladder . |
| 3 | The resulting film , Royal Family ( or ‘ Corgi and Beth ’ as it was nicknamed ) , in which , among other things , the Queen was shown cooking the steaks at a barbecue , was revolutionary in its revelations , and considered inside the Palace to have been a public relations triumph . |
| 4 | Since November 1990 he has been a special projects engineer . |
| 5 | No , I do n't boil onions , I 'm not , I 've never been a big onions chap . |
| 6 | The latter hurt Israel far more than the Arab states because France had long been an important arms supplier to Israel . |