Example sentences of "been a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as if all that we had done … had been a school and a preparation both for that first day in which I suddenly knew how to make one-step dry photographic process and for the following three years in which we made the very vivid dream into a solid reality . |
| 2 | Had it just been a dream or had I really shrunk ? |
| 3 | I thought that being pregnant had been a dream and I 'd woken up . |
| 4 | I 'm almost certain I would never have been a writer if it was n't for the Moroneys . |
| 5 | It must 've been a belt that 's come right through central London and completely missed the suburbs , or North London anyway suburbs |
| 6 | In Maggie 's heart there had always been a prayer that they might be reconciled . |
| 7 | Exploring America has been a European and British pastime for centuries , and today 's visitors are as delighted as much by its gentler , more rustic charms as by the ‘ Big Country ’ of Hollywood Westerns . |
| 8 | One of his mills was probably the largest in the country by the 1880s , though it seems not to have been a paper-mill when he acquired it . |
| 9 | It would be stupid to say that there are no egos , there 's always been a push and pull and there always will be , ’ explains Burgess , coolly positioning himself within the team framework — the intelligent old pop heads and firebrand upstart combination that makes The Charlatans devilish in Brit pop terms . |
| 10 | It would be stupid to say that there are no egos , there 's always been a push and pull and there always will be , ’ explains Burgess , coolly positioning himself within the team framework — the intelligent old pop heads and firebrand upstart combination that makes The Charlatans devilish in Brit pop terms . |
| 11 | Stuart Carter had been a caring and loving father while exercising considerable skill in a steelworks . |
| 12 | Terry has been a caring and invaluable friend . |
| 13 | ‘ Since when has a metaphorical gym-slip been a deterrent when a beautiful adolescent sets her sights on a young and virile man ? ’ |
| 14 | I thought it might of been a women that was . |
| 15 | For the BBC , the Pilkington inquiry had been a vindication and a triumph , confirming the superiority of its own service over the commercial values of ITV , which was moving rapidly into surplus . |
| 16 | There has been a contraction and closure of plants , especially in the central urban areas , while there has been some expansion elsewhere . |
| 17 | It will be recalled that Philpot , before his appointment to Stockport as Headmaster , had also been a master and housemaster at Cheltenham . |
| 18 | Ipswich , 7 miles south , has been a settlement since the Stone Age , with interesting historical buildings and good modern amenities including a large shopping centre and leisure complex . |
| 19 | He says he might have been a clerk or a waiter if he had gone ; he sees very clearly how circumstances makes lives . |
| 20 | Its three tall windows gave a view of the stone terrace and the double flight of steps going down to what had once been a lawn and formal gardens , but which was now a half-acre of neglected grass , bounded to the west by the brick annexe of the Vehicle Examination Department , and to the east by the old stable block , now converted into garages . |
| 21 | Throughout her life she had been a realist and a coper . |
| 22 | ‘ But , ’ Paula hesitated , then went on , ‘ it must have been a massacre when you evaded that truck . |
| 23 | There has long been a consensus that this is true of the Lands Tribunal . |
| 24 | It 's different it 's , they 're damp it 's different if there 'd been a hole and the water was coming in . |
| 25 | Until now my only objection to living in a water-mill had been a conviction that it was bound to be dark , water-mills having a habit of being in valleys , Nigel explained , but it was wonderfully light up there , with two large , deep-set windows . |
| 26 | His father , founder of Britain 's fascist party , had been a speaker and politician too . |
| 27 | Like Paul of Tarsus , Augustine of Hippo was a convert to Christianity , having previously been a Manichee and then a Neoplatonist like Plotinus . |
| 28 | Mine , at any rate , after the initial angers and resentments , has lingered on to this day , and I think there has never been a rime when I did not remember that love and think of Dana . |
| 29 | There is the further difficulty that mortgagees , in circumstances where there might have been a conveyance or transfer at less than full consideration ( whatever that is in a matrimonial context ) , are requiring indemnity insurance to protect the mortgagee for an amount equal to the advance ( see Halifax Building Society practice notes 1992 paras 22 and 25 ) . |
| 30 | ( a ) Stamp duty A PD Form is required only if there has been a conveyance or transfer on sale ( eg Precedent 17 ) . |