Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] have [been] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is declared that a good wife is a crown to her husband , but Mrs. Crawley had been much more than a crown to him … she had been crown , throne and sceptre all in one ’ . |
| 2 | Before the marriage Maggie had been little more than a drudge round the house . |
| 3 | Busy is something Graham Myers has been all season with all Forest injuries Ward with a free kick gets it clear straight to Thomson though Greyson Thomson Gemmell closes down the room immed that 's a very good ball . |
| 4 | Mrs Thatcher had been such a dominant political figure for so long , her approach to politics so radical , that all who served with her were stuck with a general defence of her record . |
| 5 | Mrs Thatcher has been such a figure and , in spite of reverses , she has animated and directed governments with a sense of political direction . |
| 6 | West Ham 's assistant manager Harry Redknapp has been another victim of a fans ' fit-up . |
| 7 | The house in Mouncy Street had been such a place . |
| 8 | Boy George was desperate to meet Yoko , he would have done almost anything to be on with her , and Yoko liked the idea of meeting John Cleese because John Lennon had been such a Monty Python fan . |