Example sentences of "what [noun] [verb] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vichy , Spa , Baden-Baden , Aix-les-Bains , but above all the great international spas of the Habsburg monarchy , Gastein , Marienbad , Karlsbad , etc. , were to nineteenth-century Europe what Bath had been to eighteenth-century England , fashionable gatherings justified by the excuse of drinking some form of disagreeable mineral waters or immersing oneself in some form of liquid under the control of a benevolent medical dictator . |
| 2 | ‘ Hey , Midnight , tell us what th 've been at . |
| 3 | Everyone 's got their problems , and no-one knows what life 's been like for anyone else . |
| 4 | Finally this study has given me a good idea of what life has been for people living in the past in America , where as before , I would n't have had a clue and it 's also taught me that no matter how many times you read a book , you 'll always find new links and connections . |
| 5 | Surely that is what perestroika has been about these past five years ? |