Example sentences of "been a [noun sg] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There seems to have been a fad 25 years ago where many young schoolgirls used compasses or needles with Indian ink to scrawl on their arms , ’ Dr McKenna said . |
| 2 | It 's been a life long problem . |
| 3 | We 've seen cases where this has been a life long ambition , its tragic . |
| 4 | If it proves to have been a mistake this entrepreneur himself will be under market pressure to abandon this line of production . |
| 5 | I hope these problems wo n't discourage your company from continuing to run the service , which I hope has been a success this year . |
| 6 | There may also have been a second such experience immediately prior to the Battle of Milvian Bridge , at which Constantine defeated his rival for the imperial throne . |
| 7 | BP and its partners , who have been licensed by the Government to drill for oil in the area , have consulted closely with the Trust and have ruled out the easiest and cheapest development option , which would have been a ten-acre onshore site at Studland . |
| 8 | In the outgoing government he had been a Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Communications and Institutional Reform . |
| 9 | Here there had been a marriage three days before , and the bride had just been brought to her new house that morning . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , sir , ’ I said , laughing also , ‘ it would have been a must curious alternative . ’ |
| 11 | But the Leeds manager is almost certainly on the point of making a move — and the priority is the right-back position that has been a problem all season because of the absence of Mel Sterland . |
| 12 | But the Leeds manager is almost certainly on the point of making a move and the priority is the right-back position that has been a problem all season because of Mel Sterland 's absence . |
| 13 | Self-belief has been a problem this season and has not been helped by narrow defeats against Wasps ( 11–7 ) , Saracens ( 13–12 ) and London Irish ( 12–9 ) and a 9–9 draw with Rugby . |
| 14 | Been a bit better afternoon . |
| 15 | He had always been a bit that way had Rufus , manifestly to be seen to be doing all right for himself , successful , forging ahead , accompanied by the best-looking girl possible . |
| 16 | He says that if there had been a bit less water in the river the wave would have been bigger . |
| 17 | But there 's still , we still I mean er er you perhaps need to talk to Rob to see what he wants his input , it 's always been a bit airy fairy and there , there are sheets ! the choice is not the same but they should be aware of some of the implications if they choose to go down such and such a road . |
| 18 | It rained for the first time since we arrived in Sian today ; There has been a drought all winter , and the townsfolk have been out into the countryside to help water the crops . |
| 19 | There should have been a Government white paper to properly calculate the defence needs of the country . |
| 20 | If there had been a moon that night , the clouds had been keeping it hidden . |
| 21 | That Bingham-Jones boy had been a nuisance all day ; he was a spoiled brat ; and what he needed was a good smacking . |
| 22 | That was the limit of what , in previous years , had been a ceremonial nine holes . |
| 23 | ‘ It must have been a week last Wednesday . |
| 24 | ‘ They are looking fresher and bouncier , and I just sense there has been a lot more energy about them the past 10 days . |
| 25 | I mean if they 'd of banned it , there 'd of been a lot more people out of work , which is |
| 26 | Bangor have been a revelation this season and are still pushing for success on three fronts , unlike the poor old Blues . |
| 27 | The building materials company has been a market defensive favourite for the past decade as it concentrated on keeping down the costs of making its cement , and joinery , glass and steel products . |
| 28 | ‘ I would probably been a millionaire several times over by now , had I taken up their offer , ’ he quips , ruefully . |
| 29 | The issue is whether the bank can be in any better position than Mr. Aboody if , when Mr. Aboody was acting on its behalf , Mr. Aboody exerted ( or , if this had been a class 2 case , was presumed to have exerted ) undue influence . |
| 30 | This handing over of the Conservative party , in Denis Healey 's phrase , ‘ from the estate owners to the estate agents ’ , has been a process upper class Tories have watched with distaste . |