Example sentences of "have be in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The corpse has been in a freezer in Hawaii since he died there in exile in 1989 . |
| 2 | The girl has been in a council children 's home and with foster parents since being made a ward of court . |
| 3 | Bowe represents the new order in heavyweight boxing , which has been in a state of confusion and flux since the day Buster Douglas shocked the world by knocking out Tyson in Tokyo two years ago . |
| 4 | One aspect of IBM Corp 's business has been in a state of suspended animation throughout its woes so far : its turnover has not declined significantly . |
| 5 | One aspect of IBM Corp 's business has been in a state of suspended animation throughout its woes so far : its turnover has not declined significantly . |
| 6 | Union competition for membership reflects the relatively unstable condition of union organization in Spain , which has been in a state of flux and development since the restoration of trade union rights . |
| 7 | Gaug has been in a position to evaluate the drivers who have used his Goodyear tyres . |
| 8 | YES , IT APPEARS THAT THIS KEELER WOMAN HAS BEEN IN A CLINCH WITH PROFUMO AND SOME RUSSIAN GEEZER |
| 9 | The big man has been in a clinic since breaking a leg against Crystal Palace last week and the only way he can join in the Reds rise is by cheering them on in front of his telly . |
| 10 | Joan 's husband suffers from motor neurone disease , is very weak and has been in a wheelchair for the last nine years , almost totally dependent on her for physical care . |
| 11 | ‘ However , he damaged his spine over twenty years ago , after being thrown from his horse , and has been in a wheelchair ever since . ’ |
| 12 | Jessica Charles-Jones also from Wantage has been in a wheelchair since an accident in 1988 . |
| 13 | And I think what I was trying to say , get over last time was that this has been in a sense practically inverted in American politics today . |
| 14 | Stephen Dent has been in a wheel chair since an accident seven years ago , which left him paralysed from the waist down . |
| 15 | The measures , except for the rule regarding accelerated accrual rates , are unlikely to affect anyone who has been in a pension scheme prior to March 1987 and remains with the same employer . |
| 16 | Each leaf makes contact with the air , and anyone who has been in a grove of beech trees on a windy night can have no doubt as to the elemental attribution of the tree . |
| 17 | Suzanne Calvert has been in a coma for five months since being given the drug at a party by Army deserter Sean O'Brian . |
| 18 | A court ruled two weeks ago that Tony , 21 , who has been in a coma for 3½ years , could have his feeding tube removed . |
| 19 | Allan Bland on his son who has been in a coma since the Hillsborough disaster . |
| 20 | Mr Munby was summing up on day two of a historic test case that will decide the fate of Tony , who has been in a coma for three and a half years . |
| 21 | Liverpool fan Tony , aged 21 , has been in a coma in a hospital at Keighley , Yorks , since the soccer ground disaster three years ago . |
| 22 | Since he was pulled from under a pile of 40 bodies over three years ago he has been in a coma , unlikely ever to recover . |
| 23 | Tony has been in a coma for almost four years . |
| 24 | Yorkshire Health Authority is seeking legal clarification on the treatment of a victim of the Hillsborough disaster who has been in a coma for three years , he will never recover and his parents want him to be allowed to die . |
| 25 | Yorkshire Health Authority is seeking legal clarification on the treatment of a victim of the Hillsborough disaster who has been in a coma for three years , he will never recover and his parents want him to be allowed to die . |
| 26 | She said : ‘ He has been in a lot of pain and this just puts the lid on it . |
| 27 | The media has been in a frenzy over Christmas retailing . |
| 28 | Next day the guns of the Tower fired a victory salute and Sir John Ligonier wrote to Cumberland on the 25th : ‘ This town has been in a blaze these two days . |
| 29 | I 'd been in a couple of dreadful films by then — I think I 'd swooned , screamed , kissed the hero … |
| 30 | On the night of the fire , he 'd been in a pub with Smith and Winter . |