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 .
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