Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] has [be] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My husband has been in the R.A.F. for nearly four years , but we had saved enough for the costs of a normal confinement in a nursing home , and as it was my first baby , we thought it well worth a little extra expense . |
| 2 | My training has been as a scientist , and I still ask questions which begin ‘ Why ? ’ ( as well as others beginning ‘ How ? ’ and ‘ What if ? ’ . |
| 3 | One of the main tasks of the SCAWD and its Secretary has been as an educational resource for conferences , congregations and local church groups , working mainly on international justice and peace issues and solidarity concerns . |
| 4 | Indeed it has been a skill whose weakness has been at the root of many criticisms of GCSE papers where short answers are not deemed to be adequate foundation for A level . |
| 5 | It has been suggested that the shock of widowhood for a woman is like compulsory redundancy for a man ; and for a woman whose career has been as a housewife this might certainly be the case , even though for others it could prove a relief from the narrow constraints of their domestic role . |
| 6 | Richard Lamb , managing director of SMP Playgrounds , is an expert when it comes to designing playgrounds and his company has been in the business for over 30 years . |
| 7 | His house has been on the market for six months . |
| 8 | If your apprenticeship has been in the district where you intend to farm , so much the better , for you will have experience of local conditions and friends to help you look sensibly at whatever offers . |
| 9 | Much of our assistance has been in the form of contributions through the multilateral institutions the European community programmes , the European bank of reconstruction and developing , the world bank . |
| 10 | Our marriage has been at an end for some time as far as I am concerned . |
| 11 | Our marriage has been on the cards from day one , and there 's not a damned thing either of us can do about it . ’ |
| 12 | Over the last 1.5 million years , our planet has been in the grip of an ice age . |
| 13 | If your cash has been in the same account for some time , make sure it has n't been closed to new customers . |
| 14 | WHILE our attention has been on the General Election and its aftermath , the Serbs have been up to their old tricks . |
| 15 | The fourth way in which the underclass is immobilized at the bottom of our society has been through the spread of means-tested assistance , which has a devastating effect on the initiative of people on low incomes . |
| 16 | It is of great comfort to know that John had so many friends and that our family has been in the thoughts and prayers of so many people . |