Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [been] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sugar 's last 46 trips have been with an RAAF Squadron . |
| 2 | A great deal has been said and written , and food manufacturers have been in a hurry to extol the virtues of their food based on its fibre content . |
| 3 | The polytechnics have been under a similar financial strain . |
| 4 | The kids know that their parents have been in a car crash , of course . |
| 5 | Rocastle began the first Euro tie in Stuttgart but was substituted at half-time , and all his other five appearances have been as a replacement . |
| 6 | Yes , ’ she said harshly , ‘ these past days have been like a living hell ! |
| 7 | The postcard he wrote to Hanns at the end of the tour reveals John plunged into deepest gloom : ‘ My dear — The past weeks have been like an unforgettable nightmare . |
| 8 | Most of the studies of relationships between R&D and production in recent years have been of a qualitative and often anecdotal nature . |
| 9 | The teams have been on a rigorous training schedule for the hundred mile long test of skill and stamina . |
| 10 | The teams have been on a rigorous training schedule for the hundred mile long test of skill and stamina . |
| 11 | The baby bulge birth cohorts have been of an age to have children for some time . |
| 12 | but fifty seven of you out of sixty three car owners have been in an accident , is that , yes |
| 13 | And we believe that several murders have been as a result of that sort of tension . |
| 14 | Technological developments have been at a fast pace since the 1950s . |
| 15 | The effect of these Standing Committees has been that debates have been of a much more highly focused and objective quality . |
| 16 | C64 mags have been without a good section for yonks , and yet here in ZZAP ! |
| 17 | Thankfully the restorers have been in a position to obtain help from local industry and many items came cheaper than they had originally anticipated . |
| 18 | ‘ Human beings have been on an ego trip for centuries . |
| 19 | If two systems have been for a period of time in dynamical isolation from each other , then a measurement on the first system can produce no real change in the second . |
| 20 | Traditional budgets have been on an annual time-scale . |
| 21 | The women at the sit-in issued the following appeal : ’ On the occasion of International Women 's Day , we , the Palestinian Women have been on a hunger strike since February 23 , 1989 in solidarity with our sons who have been holding hunger strikes in Israeli jails in protest against their inhuman prison conditions . |
| 22 | ‘ His other wins have been by a head , so two lengths is a bit of a bonus . |