Example sentences of "been a [noun] of [noun] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Dnestr region , however , in the east of Moldava , with a population of 700,000 mainly Russian speakers , which had been a part of Ukraine before it was incorporated into the Moldavan territory annexed by Stalin from Romania in 1940 , declared its wish to remain part of the Soviet Union . |
| 2 | It had been a couple of days before it dawned on him : they were the full-size versions of the houses and station buildings he and his father had made up for their never-quite-finished model railway layout . |
| 3 | From Lesley Wittle to Zeebrugge , it has always been a matter of hours before the first risqué punchline filters in . |
| 4 | ‘ It got to the point where they were jumping on the bonnet and it would have been a matter of time before they ran over my roof . ’ |
| 5 | She 'd been a sort of feminist before it became fashionable ; never had much time for all that sisterly stuff , but she was positive she was as good as any man and she 'd prove it … |