Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [verb] [be] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The martyr 's grave had been one type of such sites . |
| 2 | He had been employed before 1917 in the archives of the foreign ministry and one of his ancestors on his mother 's side had been Russian ambassador in Vienna during the 1814 – 15 congress . |
| 3 | For several decades Britain 's policy had been splendid isolation , and that Europe 's most powerful nation should emerge from that isolation by concluding an alliance with Japan was seen in Japan as a triumph . |
| 4 | For heaven 's sake , she lectured herself despairingly , he was two-timing a fiancée back in England , and if last night 's incident had been any indication he was quite prepared to embark on a brief dalliance with her as well as Tara … |
| 5 | THE STRIKE at Britain 's waterworks has been good news for a sheltered workshop in Watford . |
| 6 | Lewis 's grandfather had been I parson in a Suffolk village , with nothing but his stipend to live on , the father of seven children . |
| 7 | Since last November the average settlements recorded by Rewards ' clients has been 5 p.c . |