Example sentences of "have been [prep] [adj] [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has a place in Cheltenham in England which he set up some years ago , and he also has a retreat in the French alps in St Claude , and his aim , apparently , is to de-program people who have been through religious sects such as Scientologists , Moonies and now the Hare Krishnas . |
| 2 | Nicholson 's horses have been in sparkling form this season since he moved to his new yard and Baydon Star was sent off a surprisingly generous 13-8 favourite . |
| 3 | It is of great significance that most of the NICs are presently or have been in recent times one-party states , not necessarily totalitarian in the classic sense , but certainly lacking in most of the genuinely pluralistic institutions that characterize advanced industrial societies . |
| 4 | Worms are a staple diet and these have been in short supply due to the summer drought . |
| 5 | And he told them : ‘ You have been in this court many times last year and obviously have n't learnt a lesson . |