Example sentences of "it have been [det] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It has been such a long time ! |
| 2 | It has been such a success within the company over recent months that JT Design Build are now making it available throughout the construction industry and to the industry 's clients . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ It has been such a long time coming I had almost given up hope . |
| 4 | and then erm , we drove , er then we walked through this park , which was lovely , it had squirrels running all round the place and pigeons and everything , it was gorgeous , and , and because it , it 'd been such a gorgeous day , it 's just that my fucking nose is cold . |
| 5 | Always , in the past , it had been such a jolly day . |
| 6 | That was why it had been such a shock when the neighbours came round to tell Lily the baby was screaming and there was nobody answering the door or any lights on in the house . |
| 7 | It had been such a confusing time for her — the quarrel with Stephen and her mother 's death following so closely . |
| 8 | It had been such a tight squeeze to get the Princess into the boat house at all , that someone had come up with the bright idea of removing the edge boards from the quay platforms on either side . |
| 9 | It had been such a lovely evening . |
| 10 | It had been such a stupid little exchange , the words in themselves meaning nothing , yet here she was , trembling like a colt . |
| 11 | It had been such a little hurt . |
| 12 | It had been such a traumatic , agonising time , even now she could n't talk about it without feeling pain . |
| 13 | It had been such a good idea and all that had resulted from it was a double punishment for her and a complete failure to make anyone believe to Alicia or Daryl had played the trick . |
| 14 | It had been such an unsettled year altogether that he had had no opportunity for connected work of anything other than a temporary kind ; at the beginning of November , faced with the prospect of the British Council tours to France and Italy , he did not believe that he would be able to begin serious composition until the new year . |
| 15 | The hospital and all that went with it had been such an oasis in the alarming wilderness of doing everything for , and chiefly by , myself ; now it came to the point of leaving it , I was scared . |
| 16 | It was an enormously thorough and comprehensive review of the case , running to four volumes and more than 1200 pages , yet it would have been better if it had been half the length and taken half the time . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's been such a comfort talking to you , Alison . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's been such a shock . |
| 19 | My mother 's always dying , it 's been such a help over the years , and poor Papa frequently demands a change of geriatric vista . |
| 20 | It 's been such a long time . |
| 21 | I 'm sorry it 's been such a long journey , but I could n't find a quicker route . |
| 22 | And it 's been such a relief to be able to speak about it openly for the first time . |
| 23 | I do n't know whether I ever meant to call on Ben or not — it 's been such a long time — but I was interested to see the boat . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's been such a long time , and I want you so much that I could easily make a mess of this , ’ he confessed . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's been such a long time since you 've seen him . |
| 26 | It 's been such a long time , too long … ’ |
| 27 | But before doing that er , you may reasonably ask what action we 've taken er , during this year when it 's been such a difficult year . |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , it 's been such a relief to hear that Liz and Owen are still making good progress . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's been such a pleasure meeting you and do n't forget what I said about the spring . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ It 's been such a burden , all these years . |