Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [pron] have been [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The practical reason is that of all the Caribbean Creoles , Jamaican is that which has been best and most accessibly described . |
2 | So far , however , the crofters in the Western Isles have preferred to purchase only the house sites and pass on their rights to their families , although in other areas where the land is better there has been greater interest in purchasing whole crofts . |
3 | That 's all I 've been able to do all afternoon , sit here like bloody Mariana in the moated grange waiting for the telephone to ring . |
4 | As far as she 's concerned I 've been drug-free since I come out of stir . |
5 | ‘ It 's true she has been unkind to you , because she dislikes your faults , as Miss Scatcherd dislikes mine . |