Example sentences of "been [pron] [adj] [noun] [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So this has been my first step towards designing something different . |
| 2 | Up till then I 'd been using Rickenbackers , and a ‘ 65 Telecaster I 'd bought which had been my main instrument for writing the material . |
| 3 | ‘ That would have been my main reason for marrying him . |
| 4 | Had not concern been her prime motive in going at once to Mrs Browning ? |
| 5 | Had sending Zen the letter been her humble way of serving the great principle upon which Luciano Bartocci had now apparently turned his back , of not letting the bastards get away with it ? |
| 6 | One reason for Germany 's popularity has been its cumbersome process of checking claims for asylum . |
| 7 | Mr Lawson 's summoning of Tina may have been his subtle way of saying that her policy for combating inflation was no alternative to his . |
| 8 | Such had been his increasing frustration at seeing precious little of the ball — and when he did so doing precious little with it — he could not have envisaged what was about to happen . |
| 9 | That of course had not been his prime reason for going to Rhodes . |
| 10 | Individualism has been his secret ingredient in developing his Flannels menswear ships in Manchester , Altrincham and Leeds which , over the years , have always carried in-demand continental labels , including French names like Paraboot shoes , Jean Paul Gaultier , Closed jeans , Nikos underwear — and Chipie . |