Example sentences of "been [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But life had not always been that way with Moby . |
| 32 | The reason I cover my head is difficult to explain , because it 's always been that way . |
| 33 | ‘ She has always been that way , ever since she was a little girl , ’ says another of those close to her , Kylie 's great aunt , Mrs Thomas Riddiford . |
| 34 | I imagined Perkin threading along that trail at night , following the paint quite easily as he 'd been that way already in daylight , and being secretly pleased with himself because if he had inadvertently left any traces of his passage the first time they could be explained away naturally by the second . |
| 35 | Their relationship was civilized and uncomplicated , and she wished it could have been that way too for Vi and Jane . |
| 36 | But it 's always been that way . |
| 37 | And it has been that way for five seasons . |
| 38 | Unacknowledged , it 's been that way for several years , as we have regularly tried to point out here as others wrongly gave the crown to Digital Equipment Corp , but both the Wall Street Journal and Datamation magazine have at last come round to agreeing that Fujitsu Ltd is the world 's second-largest computer company — with NEC Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co both now challenging DEC for the third place . |
| 39 | There was the usual bawdy banter , of course , and it had been that way ever since she first put on her white apron and began serving behind the counter . |
| 40 | It had n't always been that way . |
| 41 | I I 've always been that way inclined , I mean my dad was er he he was a miner , he was a lovely dad , he was lovely man . |
| 42 | It 's been that way ever since I can remember . |
| 43 | It might have been that way for a while , Scum argued , but after a couple of weeks the Boroughs shitkickers moved in , and the game was up . |
| 44 | She had not been that way before . |
| 45 | Oh aye Well I 've never been that way see . |
| 46 | The pure white drifts of snow against the door of the hut convinced me that nobody had been that way recently . |
| 47 | Been that way all along with you two , ai n't it , Miss Theda ? ’ |
| 48 | A man with unfashionably long hair — it had probably been that way since his own undergraduate days , Loretta guessed — was stabbing the air with his fork . |
| 49 | For as long as I can remember it 's been that way . ’ |
| 50 | I mean , she 's always been that way nervous and |
| 51 | Oh , well I have n't been that way yet . |
| 52 | yes , and I , I do n't know whether I 've been that way , I honestly do n't know right then , so you 're all systems go , that 's the main thing |
| 53 | Clearly Adalard 's influence was great ( Nithard was not alone in identifying Ermentrude as " Adalard 's niece " rather than as the daughter of Count Odo of Orléans , Adalard 's brother-in-law , though an obvious reason could have been that Odo had died eight years before , perhaps leaving Ermentrude in her uncle 's care ) . |
| 54 | Sean , you could n't have been that shit-faced that you could n't go upto the Roger and ask him whether he was Roger or not ? |
| 55 | The underlying assumption has been that bureaucracy is desirable as an organizational principle because it attempts to clarify authority and accountability while depersonalising their application . |
| 56 | The reason given for this conviction has been that assessment , in grading pupils ' performance in any given test , would leave some pupils with a sense of being of less value than others in the class . |
| 57 | Been that pub . |
| 58 | It may have been that while in Japan he found the taste of humble pie just a little too much to stomach . |
| 59 | The area of Gallia Ulterior conceded to the Alans may well have been that area which had supported Tibatto , and the grant may well have been a means of punishing the rebels and keeping them under surveillance , as well as being a reward for the followers of Goar . |
| 60 | At that time the Particular Baptists were meeting in a private house and it may have been that fact rather than family disagreements on doctrinal issues which led to her being baptized at Netherfield Independent chapel on 6 August 1817 . |