Example sentences of "it [verb] [verb] [been] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It appears to have been roughly analogous to , say , the investiture of the Prince of Wales . |
| 2 | But it seems to have been equally rare for young couples in the poorer classes to help their ageing parents by providing them with houseroom . |
| 3 | By 1910 however , it seems to have been fairly standard practice for the daughters of skilled manual workers to try to get into printing . |
| 4 | ‘ We know about that ; it seems to have been almost common gossip . |
| 5 | It was hard to remember what her life had been like before Leo came , but , whatever it had been , it had to have been more peaceful than this . |