Example sentences of "have be [adj] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , the response from unsuccessful applicants to donate their entry fee to our own charitable objectives has been greater this year than in any previous year . |
| 2 | ‘ I would remind you both , ’ said the abbot gently , ‘ that if she has been all this while consulting her own wishes , and imposing them upon us mortals , Saint Winifred is again on her own altar in our church . |
| 3 | The unrestricted interchange of 16 players — with 11 on the field at one time — has been experimental this season and will apply to all age groups , men and women . |
| 4 | His scope has been modest this summer . |
| 5 | Collins ' form has been as stable as his club 's progress has been erratic this season and the player feels he should have represented his country more often than he has done . |
| 6 | Walsh warned : ‘ James has been unstoppable this season since he trimmed down in the summer from 22 stone to a mere 18 . |
| 7 | Walsh warned : ‘ James has been unstoppable this season since he trimmed down in the summer from 22 stone to a mere 18 . |
| 8 | Miss Evans moved from the sink where she 'd been all this time , standing quite still , and started to clear the plates from the table . |
| 9 | Buddy would have been 56 this year and no doubt raving on even now had it not been for that fateful February in 1959 … the day the music died . |
| 10 | Frankly , I do not believe that there should have been all this talk about a little bit of majority voting on foreign policy . |
| 11 | SUCH a scoreline would have been unimaginable this time last year , but Chelmsford 's new-found strengths more than Oxford 's incredible decline engineered this crushing English League win . |
| 12 | ‘ Hello , I 'm trying to clarify a rather confused report we 've picked up — I think from the local police — about an incident at the hospital last night , or it could have been early this morning . |
| 13 | Twenty-five years after everyone else , I am now discovering the joys of Hey Joe , Voodoo Chile and Purple Haze courtesy of The Ultimate Collection ( Polydor ) which contains 20 great songs from Hendrix who would have been 50 this month . |
| 14 | Having been all this time contented about his welfare , now that her leaving was fixed and certain , she had begun to have misgivings . |
| 15 | And so , she said , ‘ You seem to have been busy this morning , Isabel , ’ but absently remembering the bumping noises from above and the journeys her sister had made to the front sitting room ( locking the door after her ) and back again to the attic ( locking the door ) . |
| 16 | See if it had been nice this Saturday we could 've gone and got the wheel back on the caravan but |
| 17 | And nobody 's order books had been full this summer . |
| 18 | His familiarity with his brother 's behaviour would be based on past form , something she had n't wanted to dwell on , for surely it had been different this time ? |
| 19 | ‘ They 've been ready this week past , ’ said Ednyfed Fychan , and swung to the door with alacrity . |
| 20 | The rains have been good this year , and the crop has been bumper , but tobacco is fetching only 93 American cents a kilo at international auctions — less than half the price expected . |
| 21 | Those guys have been spoon-feeding this pure shit to their audience for so long , that that 's why they do n't have an attention span ! |
| 22 | THE MORAL guardians of Germany and America have been active this week ensuring that youth are not corrupted by ‘ obscene ’ record sleeves . |
| 23 | THE MORAL guardians of Germany and America have been active this week ensuring that youth are not corrupted by ‘ obscene ’ record sleeves . |
| 24 | The children have been difficult this weekend I do n't know what 's a matter with them , I think they 're just |
| 25 | ‘ Two games against Barnsley have been tight this season and we must be on our guard . |
| 26 | She 's been better this weekend but |
| 27 | Well it , it 's been stupid this laid on this settee falling down back , it 's blinking ridiculous , yeah , we 've just got back from hospital and they 'll send her a letter for er , to make an appointment for her to go back , to see what the treatment they 're gon na give her , so , will it go in Pete 's car ? |
| 28 | well after he 's been all this while . |
| 29 | It 's been hot this like summer today is n't it ? |
| 30 | October is however officially winter , even though it 's been warm this year . |