Example sentences of "'s [adj] life [vb past] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philip Burton 's early life had been calculated to bring him up as ‘ a spotless youth ’ . |
| 2 | The girl 's short life had been dogged by tragedy . |
| 3 | That was a time when the proudest moment of Denis 's young life had been being brought by his mother to Fitzgerald 's Park to see his father , brave and bold and handsome in his dress uniform , standing firmly to attention with his company as His Majesty King Edward VII — who seemed to Denis like a huge teapot with his cigar puffing steam like a spout — and Queen Alexandra moved sedately among the flower displays at the Great Cork Exhibition . |
| 4 | Victoria 's whole life had been lived within the aura of the Royal Family , and she reacted by instinct to nurture that relationship . |
| 5 | No matter what Joe 's and Tamar 's earlier lives had been , both were respectably married now and their father had accepted them back into the fold . |