Example sentences of "[pers pn] has been [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This book is for Ear'ole , who has been as enthusiastic about my shop as she has been about all the other things that I have tackled , and then begged her to help with . |
| 2 | As Elisabeth , Rosalind Plowright sounded more secure than she has been for some time on British stages and sang her last aria with true Verdian pathos and passion . |
| 3 | She then moved to Bristol City Council where she has been for some months . |
| 4 | She has been with Harlequin for 12 years , in the UK direct marketing division for six years , and latterly in charge of direct marketing in Australia . |
| 5 | She has been in private use in Scandinavia only , and is very well equipped . |
| 6 | Though the 27-year-old Scot has yet to win the championship she was third last year , on her comeback following pregnancy she has been in unbeatable form since her 10,000 metres World Championship triumph in Tokyo , winning the New York Marathon , setting a world indoor 5,000 metres record and lapping all of her 3,000 metres rivals in the Great Britain v USA indoor international last weekend . |
| 7 | she has been in numerous exhibitions since graduating from Goldsmiths ' College and the Salde School of Art . |
| 8 | She has been in this hospital room since February waiting for her heart-lung swap . |
| 9 | ‘ He has been of great service to the Reich , ’ Himmler said . |
| 10 | The 18th baron , who inherited the title three years ago , has sensibly decided to stay on at the Dower House , where he has been for many years . |
| 11 | The 18th baron , who inherited the title three years ago , has sensibly decided to stay on at the Dower House , where he has been for many years . |
| 12 | He 's fitter and sharper than he has been at any stage of his career , and he 's now playing to his full potential . |
| 13 | He has been on sick leave for more than three months during which Avon County Council has been inquiring into phone calls said to have been made from his Bristol office to soft-porn ‘ adult ’ 0898 numbers . |
| 14 | He has been like that for since he 's been with her he has |
| 15 | He has been like this for around 10 months , and feeds normally . |
| 16 | During most of his life he has been in close touch with village life in different parts of the country . |
| 17 | Since Sunset And Vine 's trainer Simon Dow took over the Epsom stables of Ron Smyth last year and he has been in tremendous form since , saddling 23 jumping winners and six on the Flat . |
| 18 | An employee needs to show that he has been in two years continuous employment . |
| 19 | All that might have made Mr Kohl even more overbearing than he has been in recent weeks , to the dismay of West Germany 's allies and neighbours . |
| 20 | He has been in serious office since 1979 , in cabinet for nine years . |
| 21 | Now , at last , Jacob realizes the full extent of the danger he has been in all night . |
| 22 | What especially pleases me is that we are extraordinarily popular and that Wolfgang is admired here even more than he has been in all the other towns of Italy ; the reason is that Bologna is the centre and dwelling-place of many masters , artists and scholars . |
| 23 | Named after the mansion in Wuthering Heights , this is a desolate agricultural commune run by Jimmy Ahmed , back from London , where he has been in some vague way a celebrity . |
| 24 | The government-run NORP is still in operation today , however the observation that this programme is not mentioned in much of the post-1985 literature on oral rehydration therapy in Bangladesh , suggests that it has been of limited value to the people of Bangladesh . |
| 25 | Sir , — It has been of great interest for me to read of small company audits in recent issues , and especially the approaches of other members . |
| 26 | At present any member of the public can consult it all day long , all year round , and there is no doubt that it has been of invaluable help not only to scholars but also to the art trade . |
| 27 | It has been of considerable economic advantage to both countries . |
| 28 | Whereas libertarian historians have devoted relatively little attention to this question , for the traditional liberal and Soviet schools it has been of vital importance . |
| 29 | So it has been with other countries of immigration — the immigrants embraced a new nationality with , if the nationalist fictions are to be believed , unseemly eagerness . |
| 30 | Before , it has been with blind faith only . |