Example sentences of "[been] [adj] [noun] or [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which means that from Slains they took some old route perhaps across the Moss of Cruden , then crossed where the A92 runs now , and from the modern A950 , or a comparable road , went up to Strichen through the Forest of Deer : today 's byroads may have been old lanes or drovers ' trails . |
| 2 | where there has been improper admission or exclusion of evidence ; |
| 3 | ‘ The court sees no ground for saying that , for present purposes , it makes the slightest difference whether under the old law the offence would have been false pretences or larceny by a trick . |
| 4 | It is true that it would make no difference whether under the old law the offence would have been false pretences or larceny by a trick , provided the charge was laid under section 15(1) . |
| 5 | The statues ( a late example , fig. 72 ) seem always to have been undifferentiated kouroi or korai , but the stelai , perhaps because low relief belongs essentially to narrative art , show the dead man bearded or beardless and often as warrior or athlete . |
| 6 | There have been natural caverns or fissures discovered under Stamford , but there is no evidence to suggest they were ever used by man . |
| 7 | Best alternatives for holidaying dog owners have traditionally been kindly neighbours or kennels , but a York-based hotel chain say you can take it with you ( your pup , that is ) . |
| 8 | Both hysterics and anorexics have almost invariably been middle-class women or girls . |
| 9 | Could have been just carelessness or inexperience or the booze . ’ |
| 10 | He spared a glance at the ragged specimens of humanity crouched against the wall and wondered how many of them had once been prosperous farmers or innkeepers or tradesmen . |