Example sentences of "the [noun sg] it [verb] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Write a report of between 1000 and 1500 words on your last period of work experience with particular emphasis on the benefit it has been to you . |
| 2 | The Wey and Arun Junction Canal was formally closed in 1871 , leaving Newbridge Wharf as the terminus it had been before construction of this waterway , until the closure of the Arun Navigation in 1888 . |
| 3 | Art Basel reigns supreme among art fairs for a number of reasons : for the length it has been in existence ; for the fact that it was the first fair to introduce a selection committee ; and because of its timing . |
| 4 | That 's the way it had been for longer than she could remember . |
| 5 | In his pronouncements , science was no longer subordinate to theology in the way it had been for Roger Bacon , Thomas Aquinas , or Nicole Oresme . |
| 6 | This was having something in common with your lover , she thought , remembering the way it had been with Mike , who was interested only in banking and golf and what he called making a home for one 's family . |
| 7 | The dock was fenced off , but not the way it had been as a real dock , with real cargoes to steal . |
| 8 | Therefore the Australian move to make whaling more humane was in fact a move to get back to the way it had been after a serious deterioration . |
| 9 | It 's just the way it 's been for years . |
| 10 | He expects to organize all the surprises — that 's the way it 's been until now . ’ |
| 11 | That is the way he conducts his business and that is the way it has been for centuries . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I know David and Cath were planning a normal family Christmas at home , the way it has been for several years , ’ Mrs Smith said . |
| 13 | ‘ I know David and Cath were planning a normal family Christmas at home , the way it has been for several years . |
| 14 | But I hope Graham will look at my bowling this winter in a different light to the way it has been in the past by England . |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't know at the time it had been in the Quakers boardroom but it was a good , handmade , solid oak table and I got it for a reasonable price , ’ he said . |
| 16 | Though the moment of penetration is almost painless , the presence of the botfly causes a lot of irritation , and by the time it has been in residence for three weeks or so , the resulting lump is quite painful . |
| 17 | It is typical of this Tory government , a government that has not had a constructive idea all the time it has been in office , but thinks that union bashing is the only answer to the country 's problems , that thinks it is the only way to unite the Tory troops . |