Example sentences of "have [adv] been that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My theory has always been that working practices and the way that careers are structured are not really compatible with having a family as well . |
| 2 | ‘ She has always been that way , ever since she was a little girl , ’ says another of those close to her , Kylie 's great aunt , Mrs Thomas Riddiford . |
| 3 | It 's same as , what ow she 's gone into hospital with her , you know , and I 'd actually been that day , you know what I mean , I do n't mind , do n't get me wrong , I 'm not cross , 'cos I do n't mind . |
| 4 | I I 've always been that way inclined , I mean my dad was er he he was a miner , he was a lovely dad , he was lovely man . |
| 5 | There had always been that choice , and it was as difficult to take , and as easy to reject , in the twentieth century as it had been in any other . |
| 6 | Her concern , until then , had always been that Time ( or the house ) would prevent him from reaching her , stop them from being able to meet , remove the opportunity , once and for all , for her to feel again as she had done last night , leaving her for ever empty and unsatisfied . |
| 7 | A man with unfashionably long hair — it had probably been that way since his own undergraduate days , Loretta guessed — was stabbing the air with his fork . |
| 8 | Oh aye Well I 've never been that way see . |
| 9 | The reason I cover my head is difficult to explain , because it 's always been that way . |
| 10 | But it 's always been that way . |
| 11 | I mean , she 's always been that way nervous and |
| 12 | There 's always been that instinct to pick up those who have been hurt ; at one time she wanted to be a nurse , but the thought of night shifts put her off . |