Example sentences of "[been] [prep] [det] [noun sg] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Alcuin the oppression of the Church by the secular power had been for some time a feature of Northumbrian political and ecclesiastical life , but the problem now was that Eanbald was said to be accompanied on his journeys through Northumbria by a retinue more numerous than any which had attended on his predecessors and inclusive of low-born soldiers , and Alcuin affected to be at a loss as to why he needed so large a force . |
| 2 | Bob Gunnell , of course , is an was and has been for some time a very supportive member of South East Arts and active in many of its committees . |
| 3 | He looked at me apathetically through a mist of weakness and pain and one could see he 'd been in that water a lot too long . |
| 4 | I have been in this city a week today . |
| 5 | ‘ I have been in this game a lifetime and wonder in what direction it is going and where it will all end up . |
| 6 | What she has achieved is remarkable given she is still very young and has only been in this business a couple of years . |
| 7 | Has the LDDC , in spite of all the hype and political prominence , been in some sense a failure ? |
| 8 | Probably , for we later read that ‘ want of opportunity has been in some respect a prejudice to my business ’ , and , ‘ the noble act of embalming has been entirely ruined by the undertakers ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ But I do n't want to be sharing my life with anyone , gorgeous hunk or not , ’ Shannon had pointed out mildly , managing with an effort not to remind Kelly they 'd been over this ground a hundred times before . |
| 10 | Owing to his lack of resources he had always been to some extent a figurehead , but he had become an indispensable one . |
| 11 | ‘ Look , we have been on this world a matter of a few days . |
| 12 | And after all , Rothesay , so they said , had led Margaret a dog 's life after all her father 's pains to secure him for her , and been by any standard a poor bargain for any girl , having worn out so many before her — including , the bolder gossips whispered , Dunbar 's unhappy daughter , affianced and bedded but never wed . |