Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] been [noun] 's [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Confederate flag had been Ellen 's idea , to be unfurled whenever we had charterers from the deep South , and this week 's guests were three married couples from Georgia . |
| 2 | The deceased had been Daddy 's girl , then — although it was usually the dads , where a daughter was in question , who fought against the realization of the truth . |
| 3 | The memorable part of the meeting had been Lowell 's eagerness to be with her . |
| 4 | The lino had been Mary 's idea Just as well . |
| 5 | The main beneficiary had been Grey 's brother Dorset , whose heir had been married to Anne , the daughter of the dowager duchess of Exeter by her second husband . |
| 6 | The main beneficiary had been Grey 's brother Dorset , whose heir had been married to Anne , the daughter of the dowager duchess of Exeter by her second husband . |
| 7 | Ruth 's area had been Emma 's idea also . |
| 8 | The game had been James 's idea . |
| 9 | One of the attractions of the first book had been Minton 's delight in the shape of things — fish , bowls , tureens , vegetables , fruit , octopus , squid and elaborate sweets . |
| 10 | The potato had been Ireland 's ruin . |
| 11 | How often , in my past life , I had claimed that one of the great benefits the nineteenth century had conferred on the West had been science 's liberation of thought and feeling from organized religion . |
| 12 | The play had been Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet . |
| 13 | The only positive thing that had come out of the conversation had been Nicole 's offer of some aspirin . |
| 14 | Collective decision making , the sharing of responsibility , and solidarity in a common task had been Citrine 's way of life in the Labour movement ; and the new organisation should , he felt , be formed in that image . |
| 15 | The evening class had been Amanda 's way of escaping her boring husband for a few hours . |