Example sentences of "they have been a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the colliery explosion they 'd been a fire , in a certain district , twenty yards long . |
| 2 | He says they 've been a thorn in the side of the auhtorities . |
| 3 | Sleek , sexy styles need body and bounce and what better way to achieve this than with heated curlers — they 've been a girls best friend for decades . |
| 4 | They 've been a nuisance for several days now . |
| 5 | Apparently they 've been a bit disturbed once or twice , recently . ’ |
| 6 | But I mean i i certainly if you go through the , the early bits erm I mean i i i if you take well okay the , the organization bit to begin with , but then hitting the landlords politically er you know y you 're , you 're checking their accounts , you 're imposing their fines when they 've been a bit naughty , you 're letting contributions erm you 're crowning them and going through the streets , you 're locking them up , you 're banishing some of them , you might be executing some of them but i it 's , it 's only specifically where they 've offended against your , your view of the moral economy , where they , where they 've sort of been naughty in terms of |
| 7 | A word gets around the famine is over and after the tragic experience of loosing her family , her three men in her life , her husband and her sons , nobody starts to consider the situation again , she 's alone now in a foreign , a strange land , surely the only sensible thing for her to do would be to return to her own people in Bethlehem , they say news comes through that they 've been a succession of good harvest , well of course there was gon na be good harvest , god had n't forsaken his people , although they had sinned , although they had done what was wrong , he had n't forsaken them , gods not in the business for forsaken people , he 's long suffering , he is faithful , he keeps his covenant from one generation to another that he had n't forgotten the people in Bethlehem and he had sent them through and he had provided good harvests those who had remained in Bethlehem during the famine , they 'd only suffered for a short time , perhaps enough time to bring them to their senses , to bring them back to god , now the suffering was forgotten as they revelled in a plentiful supplying in abundant harvests Naomi on the other hand she knows want now , she 's suffering bereavement , she 's suffering poverty , she 's suffering remorse , there 's nothing for her in Noad , there 's no rest , no joy , no provision , nothing that could meet her needs what a pity she had wasted there those ten wasted those ten years , ten long wasted years in her life now she comes to a decision whatever the cost and there is a cost , she 's gon na have to eat humble pie , how are they gon na receive her when she goes back but she comes to that decision that no matter what it costs her , she will go back to the place that was chosen for her by god , her inheritance of him It always to our cost when we under value our inheritance , do you remember the story of Jacob and Aesop and how Aesop despised his birth right , the inheritance that was his , and Illuminarc and Naomi had done the same , and you and I can do it so easily , leaving , forgetting , not entering in to the inheritance that is ours in Christ , we do it to our own costs , and so she goes through that I 'm gon na go back , I 'm gon na take up my inheritance , I 'm going back home . |
| 8 | they 've been a pain . |
| 9 | I mean they 've been a rabble all afternoon anyway , have n't they ? |
| 10 | ‘ Or they 've been a bully before , and they just go downhill . |
| 11 | I just assumed they were trying to cut back as they had been a bit too lavish . |
| 12 | They had been a unit , had shared jokes , exchanged small gifts , written to each other when unable to meet for a week or two ; the assumption was always that this would continue , and expand . |
| 13 | They had been a way of ‘ coasting ’ slightly , when I 'd run out of steam . |
| 14 | It was only at this late stage that she began to think about them ; they had been a means to an end , Frederica Potter 's removal from Blesford and Yorkshire . |
| 15 | They had been a match , an Indian and a cowboy . |
| 16 | Mr Jones said the NSA was fortunate in having Mr John Gittins and his family as hosts because they had been a pioneer of land improvement , while recognising the importance of conservation , and had been at the forefront in developing new commercial crossbred sheep which have proved a boon for Welsh farmers and their market awareness . |
| 17 | A Washington survey , for example , showed that 38 per cent of those asked revealed that they had been a victim of a serious crime within the last year , compared to the 10 per cent revealed by police statistics . |
| 18 | They had been a team for years : the tiny wiry Eve with her restless eyes never settling long on anything or anyone ; the big handsome Benny , with her green eyes and chestnut-brown hair , tied back with a bow always , a big soft good-quality bow a bit like Benny herself . |
| 19 | They have been a power behind the scene for centuries , but now they 're coming to the fore . |
| 20 | In a ‘ victim survey ’ , such as the British Crime Survey of 1983 , a sample of the population is asked to give details of any crime of which they have been a victim in the previous year . |
| 21 | Er now this is interesting because this is not a representative cross section of er , of women in Scotland , but its an average gathering together , not chosen for any reason other than some are interested er , some come from er no particular background , but sixty two of this hundred have said yes , they have been a victim of crime , those of you had said yes , what , what , what experiences have you had that made you say yes ? |
| 22 | There are , however , some patients who , though not in an acutely disturbed state , will need extra security for a period because they have been a risk to the public at some time in the recent past or are considered to require special containment while assessment continues in conditions of moderate security . |
| 23 | They have not only been the channels of communication and administration from the centre to the periphery , but also the voice of the periphery , or of particular interests at the periphery ; they have been a means of overcoming local particularities , but also platforms for their expression , instruments of central control and obstacles to it . |
| 24 | Perhaps they have been a touch too comfortable — but the collapse of Elliot and Michael 's business has put paid to that . |