Example sentences of "marriage have [been] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was alright to come to your marriage , having been a bit of a one for the girls , but it was n't at all good to come to your marriage having been a bit of a one with the lads . |
| 2 | He said after the funeral that his brother 's marriage had been a shot-gun affair never consummated . |
| 3 | Simon was convinced , or persuaded himself , that he 'd been ill used by Constanza , that their marriage had been a mistake , a youthful mistake , the kind of thing one did in a war . |
| 4 | Intellectually he had accepted that the marriage had been a mistake , that it had been largely his mistake . |
| 5 | Up until then the marriage had been a triumph of togetherness . |
| 6 | At the same time I knew that my marriage had been a facade and in a way , by leaving , I felt I was doing the only honourable thing . |
| 7 | The marriage had been a business arrangement , nothing more . ’ |