Example sentences of "been a [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm almost certain I would never have been a writer if it was n't for the Moroneys . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ Since when has a metaphorical gym-slip been a deterrent when a beautiful adolescent sets her sights on a young and virile man ? ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ But , ’ Paula hesitated , then went on , ‘ it must have been a massacre when you evaded that truck . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Surely they realised that it had all been a mistake once you explained ? ’ |
| 8 | But had n't it been a mistake though , he thought , was n't it more pointless than most evenings ? |
| 9 | This , however , would have been a mistake as there were many quieter rewards : Richard Haslam on ‘ The patronage of repair : Palladio 's Villa Saraceno in its twentieth-century context ’ and Stephen Lloyd on ‘ Richard Cosway and the Prince of Wales ’ to name two , while Emma Barker 's ‘ Illegitimacy and the rights of the unmarried mother in eighteenth-century France ’ quickly dispelled any notions the audience might have had of topicality , and offered a reasoned discussion of nature versus civilisation in eighteenth-century literature and painting . |
| 10 | Maybe people thought that since she 'd been a witch when alive , she 'd be a ghost once she was dead . |
| 11 | Maybe people thought that since she 'd been a witch when alive , she 'd be a ghost once she was dead . |
| 12 | ’ So this particular sergeant who had been a PC when I had been an acting sergeant , sat alongside me . |
| 13 | This could have been a winner if the quality of the keyboard was up to that of the casing . |
| 14 | Nigel had been a Liberal when he joined , and now was the chairman . |
| 15 | There must have been a draught because I wrapped my coat around my knees . |
| 16 | He had been a detective since he was twenty-five and , although unorthodox in his methods , had waged a successful war against the criminals he came up against . |
| 17 | She had been a virgin when she married , had stayed faithful all her married life . |
| 18 | He must have been a knock-out when he was young . |
| 19 | Allott , also 35 , was recalled from holiday in Wales to discover his fate , but it could hardly have been a surprise as he has not regularly figured in Lancashire 's games this season . |
| 20 | ‘ Something like that , ’ Now was not the time to suggest to this woman that her husband had been a blackmailer as well as a thief . |
| 21 | I put it to Andy that it must have been a blow when they split in 1988 , but he , ever the voice of reason , says , ‘ There was no point in trying to keep them together , it had gone as far as they wanted it to go and they wanted to do something different . |
| 22 | He claimed that his life had been a misery since he sold the recording of Di talking to her friend James Gilbey . |
| 23 | There 's been a development since you were here earlier . |
| 24 | Drink has always been a problem since men discovered how to distil and it is known that there were a great many small stills on the island . |
| 25 | Drink has always been a problem since men discovered how to distil and it is known that there were a great many small stills on the island . |
| 26 | It should have been a problem because the personal details of Flora are meant to be secret , under the terms of a high court injunction granted in the middle of last month , Sarah is not allowed to discuss anything about her daughter with anyone , other than her legal and medical advisors . |
| 27 | Instead , she said , there had been a problem when the council employed a contractor to lay a new waterproof surface on the top deck , to which NCP contributed half the cost . |
| 28 | Instead , she said , there had been a problem when the council employed a contractor to lay a new waterproof surface on the top deck , to which NCP contributed half the cost . |
| 29 | The supply of metal may not have been a problem if supplies of scrap were plentiful and if there was a continuous re-cycling of the raw materials . |
| 30 | Erm it it could have been a problem if we 'd have both been so me materialistic that we wanted to keep everything we 'd got hold of you know . |