Example sentences of "have been a [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It has been a public relations exercise for this week 's by-elections .
2 He also falsified his qualifications , including a Master of Business Administration diploma from the Madison Business School in the United States , and claimed to have been a Laker Airways manager and an executive with the failed Polly Peck international conglomerate .
3 The Public Enemy had been a Warner Bros film and that studio soon went on to consolidate its reputation as one specializing in contemporary themes by releasing I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang .
4 Media and Marketing : If Kinnock had been a teabag POLLS APART
5 On the Pennyfarthing Street corner was James Garage which had been a Job Masters with a showroom at the corner .
6 As Keith explained , it was not any easier for him to take up employment with the RAF because his father had been a career forces man .
7 at night , we 'd be very uncertain if there had been an alarm bells rang then .
8 There had been an inn years ago but lack of support had closed its doors .
9 I bet there 's been a lot ducks ' nests washed away though .
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