Example sentences of "have [been] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Death , although of course completely eyeless , watched Rincewind disappearing with what would , had His face possessed any mobility at all , have been a frown . |
| 2 | If central actors have not been literally squalid , the results of their actions have been a mess through their failure to comprehend the differentiated nature of the system ’ ( 1985 , p. 55 ) . |
| 3 | I have been a member of one of the organisations mentioned in ‘ Join Up ’ for some 12 years . |
| 4 | So , for example , if the flat rate is £200 a year of pension and you have been a member of the scheme for 20 years , your pension will be £4,000 a year . |
| 5 | " It seems you went to see your friend Joseph Hyde first , " she said softly , very softly , " and then , having changed your clothes , you accompanied him to a public house called the Queen Victoria where you attended a secret meeting of the Irish Republican Brotherhood , of which apparently , you have been a member for some two years . " |
| 6 | Although I have been a member of the board for less than a year , and chairman but a few weeks , I believe I have now been accepted into the bosom of the Athletico family . |
| 7 | One highly ‘ political ’ Lord Chancellor — like Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone — can , if he chooses , make a considerable impact on judicial lawmaking at the highest level but , for this to be so , it is not necessary that he should have held political office or have been a Member of Parliament or a law officer . |
| 8 | Again , we welcome that , but is it not sad that it comes 12 years after this Government were elected and after not just one but two Secretaries of State since I have been a Member of Parliament have been influenced because of criticism of tobacco advertising and irresponsible elements in the tobacco industry ? |
| 9 | I for one value the friendship that he has given me in the eight and a half years that I have been a Member of the House , despite the fact that we are in different parties and disagree on many issues . |
| 10 | ‘ I have been a member of the Leander club for the past 12 years and still train with them , ’ he explained . |
| 11 | The school fees have been a bit of a pain , but everyone finds that . |
| 12 | We need to do more work at grass-roots level — possibly , we have been a bit lazy in that respect . ’ |
| 13 | I think we in Europe have been a bit slow to recognise that we are in a totally new era . |
| 14 | With all the new techniques now available , such as twenty-four hour trading and the global marketing of securities , we have been a bit slow to adapt to changes that are now going to be permanent . |
| 15 | Always remember that you can use tap water on it , if you 've only used drain water it sill certainly have been a bit short these last two summers . |
| 16 | I have been a bit negative about memes , but they have their cheerful side as well . |
| 17 | ‘ I just felt , ’ she said , ‘ since Donald had that terrible thing happen to him , we have been a bit closer . |
| 18 | With this challenge , family gatherings have been a bit strained . |
| 19 | High-tech companies have been a bit better , but even there , says Sir Eric , there is a serious question as to whether they have recruited anything like enough graduates . |
| 20 | I 'd got a troublesome cough developed , and now looking back through the years , er it would have been a sort of hay-feverish condition that I I have been a bit bothered with . |
| 21 | By the way , I know things have been a bit strained at Elland Road in recent weeks , but did the last record to be played before the team came out on saturday REALLY have to be Bruce Springsteen singing ‘ Glory days — well , they pass you by … ’ |
| 22 | Erm I have been a bit hoarse lately but that 's neither here nor there . |
| 23 | Some of my players have been a bit naive over what they have said . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Things have been a bit intense , with a lot happening on and off the park , ’ said Crosby . |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps we have been a bit unfair on John Byrne recently we expect him to keep scoring goals all the time . |
| 26 | Erm the parts of the country where things have been a bit flat seem to be the north and the south west and both of those are regions in which export orders received fell in the previous two surveys so that seems to be consistent although in the north they seem to have picked up somewhat in this survey erm and optimism is also erm er stronger in this survey than it was in the previous one . |
| 27 | Actually , we 've been here for 5 days already , but things have been a bit hectic . |
| 28 | have been a bit dull but I do n't know . |
| 29 | I think I 'll be on the next plane , but erm what about prices because that , again looking from the point of view of the recession , people have been a bit hard pressed for cash . |
| 30 | Alexanders , the jewellers , have been a Rolex concessionaire for over forty years now enabling us to offer you a service that we firmly believe is second to none . |