Example sentences of "have [be] [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Traditional budgets have been on an annual time-scale . |
| 2 | ‘ These good people have been to an enormous amount of trouble on my behalf , and I am sure I shall be quite unable to do justice to their generous provision . ’ |
| 3 | They have been through an unsettling time and are finding it difficult to readjust . |
| 4 | Equally plainly , he could not before 1990 have been in an anti-Thatcherite minority in the Thatcher Cabinet and at the same time in full accord with the lady herself . |
| 5 | The postcard he wrote to Hanns at the end of the tour reveals John plunged into deepest gloom : ‘ My dear — The past weeks have been like an unforgettable nightmare . |