Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [verb] [verb] [be] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Yet the fall in Poland 's output since its reforms began has been at least as severe as in eastern Germany .
2 Quiet and reserved he may have been , but his determination to succeed has been of great importance to his colleagues , both on and off the field .
3 His family seem to have been of limited means , for his father intended to take him out of school at an early age to become an apprentice .
4 The hey-day of sport in our village seems to have been from the late 19th century up to the 1914 war , with a short revival between the wars but although attempts have been made at intervals the same enthusiasm does n't seem to prevail .
5 Most of our advertisers have have been in something or other before .
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