Example sentences of "[verb] been a [det] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe that 's one reason why this show has been a few years in the making . |
| 2 | It can be assumed then that by 1910 the age range ran from 14 to 43 for certain , and there will most likely have been a few women in their late forties or early fifties . |
| 3 | For , he was sure , no mistake , there had been a few flings in her life . |
| 4 | But again I think it has been unfortunate er er that recently there have been a few cases in which it would have been better not to prosecute |
| 5 | But there have been a few problems in trying to explain to the Chinese the finer points of a fish supper . |
| 6 | But recently , including today 's CBI distributive trades survey , there have been a few straws in the wind suggesting things really might be getting a little better . |