Example sentences of "'s [noun] have [be] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The martyr 's grave had been one type of such sites . |
| 2 | But whatever I thought of him , Gyggle 's therapy had been one hundred per cent successful . |
| 3 | Jenny 's home had been one of constant arguments and rows . |
| 4 | Over recent years , the TA 's establishment has been 91,000 . |
| 5 | In order to make sense of a self that has ‘ survived ’ both discourses of colonialism it would seem that Bhimji 's strategy has been one of intense resourcefulness , gathering in herself and her experiences . |
| 6 | From travels in search of head-hunting tribes in Indonesia to trekking across India on an elephant , Mark Shand 's life has been one big adventure . |
| 7 | From 1961 to 1973 , Spain 's growth had been 7 per cent a year , faster than in any capitalist economy except Japan ; by 1976 – 81 , growth was down to 1.4 per cent a year . |
| 8 | Twelveheads was near Wesley 's revival centre at Gwennap pit ; Bray 's grandfather had been one of his converts and had helped to build the Twelveheads chapel . |
| 9 | Lewis 's grandfather had been I parson in a Suffolk village , with nothing but his stipend to live on , the father of seven children . |
| 10 | But he said it would be quite wrong to say that the country 's history had been one long mistake since the revolution . |
| 11 | The Republic of El Salvador was ruled by Spain until 1821 and gained separate independence in 1839 , since which time the country 's history has been one of frequent coups and political violence . |