Example sentences of "[conj] have been [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maggie had forgotten about them , but there were several — or had been several — in Heymouth , including one in the lighthouse . |
| 2 | There is a good reason : those of childhood are or have been those of every client ( and also of every social worker ) and may be considered as common to every adult group . |
| 3 | But Cooper was unfortunate to appear before the disciplinary committee at a time when it was under increasing pressure to eradicate the high , late tackle that has been such a scar on the game this season . |
| 4 | The H3 building had been put up hastily in the early 1950s to get the scientists out of their first accommodation that had been little more than Nissen huts . |
| 5 | But no , that had been that other one , the wicked , overreaching Lucifer . |
| 6 | And that had been that . |
| 7 | But the training that had been such a part of his life , the long hours of studying the Twelve Books of Honour for entry into the Fiana at the age of eleven ; the days and the weeks spent schooling his mind so that all situations could be calmly appraised , came to his aid and , at length , exhausted and drained , Fergus began to look about him and assess this strange , out-of-the-world fortress . |
| 8 | In practice , however , progression has been difficult to achieve , and the rites of passage that have been such a feature of our educational organisation — at 11 plus , at the options stage at 14 , and again at 16 — have compounded the problem . |
| 9 | There would be no reason to expect either the ‘ gap ’ or the clear commitment to deviant values that have been such persistent stumbling blocks for the traditional versions of these theories . |
| 10 | There must be some dimensions that have been more thoroughly checked than than er |
| 11 | I think if anything can stop some of the things happening to youngsters that have been this year then it is a good thing . |
| 12 | A dead small dog that 's been all dressed up and everything . |
| 13 | Yeah please Jack cos er I er that 's been enough for me to open for myself and the big one 's too big . |
| 14 | Captain Sturt was the great explorer who had discovered the Murray River , and have been some years in New South Wales before coming to Adelaide , where he was Colonial Secretary . |
| 15 | Normally , edges would have associated with them a confidence score ; however for sake of clarity these have been omitted as have been some of the edges which would otherwise have been created . |