Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | IN THE words of the Gaullist leader , Jacques Chirac , France 's eagerly awaited new government has turned out to be the former Rocard government minus Michel Rocard . |
| 2 | The Appeal Court 's rejection of an order banning an abusing father from the family home has turned out to be the most controversial decision under the Children Act since its introduction . |
| 3 | Good idea wo n't be a bad idea mm , what I thought was the tough steak has turned out to be the , the one that 's not I cut the steaks about a bit , one was a bit fattier than the other the one that I had I thought would be dead tough , is tender it 's int it ? they look more like a sirloin steak to me than a rump , even though it went under the name of rump it looked like you can only tell the shape of it ca n't , oh God |
| 4 | Jesus , that woman had turned out to be the biggest mistake of his life . |
| 5 | Aggie had explained to Ben what had turned out to be the reason for their invitation to tea ; and now she broke into his silence by saying , ‘ Well ! |
| 6 | But then , dear Lizzie , for all the money — and it was reputed to be in millions — that her late husband had left her , had never known how to dress ; nor did any of the tribe of Braithwaites sitting around her , who had clearly chosen whatever had turned out to be the most expensive and put it on their large , angular bodies just anyhow . |
| 7 | As he pulled on the oars — he could not bear simply to sit and wait for the bell to ring — John was again the boy who had set out to be the man he never became . |
| 8 | Unemployment and inflation have increased in one country after another and two of the most volatile and destabilising elements in our economies have turned out to be the size of the public sector deficit and the rate of growth of the money supply . |
| 9 | The new maisonettes have turned out to be the most unusual and attractive living spaces . |
| 10 | Only thing you have to look out for is the nancy-boys , eh ? ’ |