Example sentences of "[det] [subord] it have [adv] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | The centre of the village is still much as it has always been , with an attractive pond , complete with swans , surrounded by the school , chapel and public house ( named appropriately the Swan and Cygnet ) . |
| 2 | Part of it was my upbringing , of course , but I could easily have had a violent reaction away from that if it had n't been for the inhibiting atmosphere in the company itself . |
| 3 | There would n't have been an Opera House at all if it had n't been for Joseph F Warden , the actor manager who settled in Belfast in 1864 with his actress wife Jenny Bellair . |
| 4 | She would n't have sought her independence at all if it had n't been at such . |
| 5 | It would have made no difference at all if it had not been received until 11 . |
| 6 | More than it 's ever been |
| 7 | It was wonderful to find the rapport was the same as it had ever been . |
| 8 | It annoyed her that , despite everything that had been said and done between them , and which obviously had meant absolutely nothing to him , since his attitude towards her was the same as it had ever been , she still found it difficult to control her emotions in his presence . |
| 9 | It was not just a reason to indulge in nostalgia ; though the tradition was basically the same as it had always been , except that in the past the people had walked further in the processions . |
| 10 | ‘ Better than what ? ’ she asked innocently , thinking that two could play at that game of acting as though everything were the same as it had always been . |
| 11 | The same as it has always been . |