Example sentences of "have [adv] been [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parliamentary lobbying has long been one . |
| 2 | Unlike the other mills powered by the Painswick Stream , there is no evidence to suggest that it has ever been anything but a corn mill , virtually all the others having been in the woollen cloth trade at some time . |
| 3 | The front row of a scrummage has always been something of a mystery to most rugby spectators , referees and even players . |
| 4 | The label ‘ social science ’ has always been something of a misnomer , because in addition to the obviously collective perspectives of economics , sociology , anthropology and politics , it also includes a concern with the individual , in particular in some branches of psychology . |
| 5 | The Darlington result has always been one keenly watched by national political pundits it is traditionally a barometer of the way in which the nation generally is set to swing . |
| 6 | But research at Larksoken has always been somewhat of an anomaly . |
| 7 | To be fair , there has also been something of a shift in the male mindset . |
| 8 | Equipment is conventional , though well maintained , and there has even been something of a move to re-introduce old-fashioned reconditioned items ( e.g. vacuum cleaners ) . |
| 9 | ‘ There has certainly been nothing wrong with its stay at the East Lancs Railway . |
| 10 | ‘ Richard of Gloucester has never been one to allow his heart to rule his head . |
| 11 | Mr Gros said : ‘ No one has died in an avalanche here for 10 years and there has never been one at that spot before . |
| 12 | Charlotte has never been one to rush . |
| 13 | Eva has never been one to indulge in self pity but she must have missed the warmth of the Australian sun , and the family back home . |
| 14 | Is it perhaps true that for many of the English , poetry has never been anything else but a superior parlour game ? |
| 15 | They are used to all sorts of emergencies , but there has never been anything like this : their own people , prepared to face appalling hardships , possible arrest or even death to get out , arriving exhausted but so happy to be free . |
| 16 | There has never been anything like it at Cheltenham . |
| 17 | He has never been anything other than a raggamuffin , and that 's why his fans identify with him totally . |
| 18 | THEY call it ‘ the greatest free show on earth ’ — but then there has never been anything modest or half-hearted about Blackpool and its Illuminations . |
| 19 | Mr. T. has also said in an affidavit that ‘ there has never been anything whatsoever in [ Miss T. 's ] actions which led me to believe that she wished to become a Jehovah 's Witness . ’ |
| 20 | She remembered he 'd always been one for noticing things . |
| 21 | He was a small man , bald and beady-eyed and turkey-necked , and only in retrospect could she see that he 'd probably been something of a mental case as well . |
| 22 | He 'd never been one to exercise an over-imagination , yet the conditions were like the feeling of a tomb — of an interment . |
| 23 | She who 'd never been one to chatter , prattling away now like a child : |
| 24 | ‘ You did n't ask , you did n't want to be told until Florian convinced you that there 'd never been anything between us . |
| 25 | She 'd never been anybody 's dear before . |
| 26 | And they could have easily been one up at that particular time which was a minute . |
| 27 | There had obviously been something wrong with the Cashman ménage for some time — why else would Cindy Hill have lied about her whereabouts , telling her husband she had been in Wales when she had really been in a London nightclub ? |
| 28 | It had n't really bothered Owen , it had just been something to try . |
| 29 | There 've always been plenty of kindly brother officers to bring it to my attention . |
| 30 | You 've always been one for a quiet life , have n't you ? ’ |