Example sentences of "[verb] [been] john [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Now , as a step away from the craftsman entrepreneur that has been John Makepeace 's hallmark he has introduced a new course to Hooke Park College for manufacturing businesses that want to make better use of wood .
2 The most widely acclaimed of these has been John Rawls 's A Theory of Justice , which was published in 1971 and rapidly assumed the status of a contemporary classic .
3 English , it would have been John Smith .
4 At least , David Mellor in the Press box was pleased , and so too must have been John Major whose only smiles these days seem to be inspired by the performances of Chelsea .
5 ‘ The brother 's name may have been John Griffiths but I have no real confirmation of this .
6 His formative influence as a boy had been John Cassell 's Popular Educator , first published in 1852 .
7 Working with Rowbotham on Agitprop had been John Hoyland .
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