Example sentences of "this have [been] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has been partially a result of literate Europe 's historical-mindedness ; one of its first manifestations was the rapid appearance of a number of new historical journals at the end of the nineteenth century . |
| 2 | But I would prefer not to alert our Ministry of the Interior — given that this has been purely a secret service matter of the DGSE until now . |
| 3 | ‘ This has been quite a punishing time and some of my family have been badly hurt . |
| 4 | ‘ This has been quite a shock — for both of us — and Jenna does not look at all well . ’ |
| 5 | This has been quite a long , drawn-out argument , and it is time to remind ourselves of how we got into it in the first place . |
| 6 | One more story about O : he told me ( it was as if he was trying to explain the oddity of his lovemaking to me , as if he was trying to account for or apologise for the way he 'd treated me , or perhaps to reassure me concerning the effect he 'd had on me , I do n't know ) , in the morning he told me that there was one man , this had been just a couple of years previously , there was one man who had summoned him to his bedside to be counted amongst a farewell gathering of lovers , dear friends and great passions . |
| 7 | At its first meeting , this had been essentially a group of provincial enthusiasts ; but they were soon brought within the fold of the established Church Scientific , the ‘ gentlemen of science ’ mostly from Cambridge , who took upon themselves the direction of the efforts of the provincial amateurs . |