Example sentences of "[been] a [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as if all that we had done … had been a school and a preparation both for that first day in which I suddenly knew how to make one-step dry photographic process and for the following three years in which we made the very vivid dream into a solid reality . |
| 2 | I thought that being pregnant had been a dream and I 'd woken up . |
| 3 | Exploring America has been a European and British pastime for centuries , and today 's visitors are as delighted as much by its gentler , more rustic charms as by the ‘ Big Country ’ of Hollywood Westerns . |
| 4 | It would be stupid to say that there are no egos , there 's always been a push and pull and there always will be , ’ explains Burgess , coolly positioning himself within the team framework — the intelligent old pop heads and firebrand upstart combination that makes The Charlatans devilish in Brit pop terms . |
| 5 | It would be stupid to say that there are no egos , there 's always been a push and pull and there always will be , ’ explains Burgess , coolly positioning himself within the team framework — the intelligent old pop heads and firebrand upstart combination that makes The Charlatans devilish in Brit pop terms . |
| 6 | Stuart Carter had been a caring and loving father while exercising considerable skill in a steelworks . |
| 7 | Terry has been a caring and invaluable friend . |
| 8 | For the BBC , the Pilkington inquiry had been a vindication and a triumph , confirming the superiority of its own service over the commercial values of ITV , which was moving rapidly into surplus . |
| 9 | There has been a contraction and closure of plants , especially in the central urban areas , while there has been some expansion elsewhere . |
| 10 | It will be recalled that Philpot , before his appointment to Stockport as Headmaster , had also been a master and housemaster at Cheltenham . |
| 11 | Its three tall windows gave a view of the stone terrace and the double flight of steps going down to what had once been a lawn and formal gardens , but which was now a half-acre of neglected grass , bounded to the west by the brick annexe of the Vehicle Examination Department , and to the east by the old stable block , now converted into garages . |
| 12 | Throughout her life she had been a realist and a coper . |
| 13 | It 's different it 's , they 're damp it 's different if there 'd been a hole and the water was coming in . |
| 14 | His father , founder of Britain 's fascist party , had been a speaker and politician too . |
| 15 | Like Paul of Tarsus , Augustine of Hippo was a convert to Christianity , having previously been a Manichee and then a Neoplatonist like Plotinus . |
| 16 | On some mornings the ducks on Three Island Pond would take off in great arcing flights against the sun , round and behind the Cages and out of sight , round again and behind the distant trees and then suddenly back again as if it had all been a mistake and they had never meant to fly off in the first place . |
| 17 | Contrast with this case Hiort v. Bott , where A mistakenly sent an invoice for barley to B ( who had ordered none ) , which stated that B had bought the barley of A through G as broker ; and A also sent B a delivery order which made the barley deliverable to the order of A or of B. G then told B there had been a mistake and got B to endorse the delivery order to himself . |
| 18 | Obviously their kiss had been a mistake and a fiasco from the start , and her own wariness about her naïve feelings for him had rung warning bells in her mind since his first mention of a ‘ private nursing job ’ . |
| 19 | After a public outcry Pérez met with editors on Feb. 10 and announced that censorship had been a mistake and would be lifted . |
| 20 | She visited Kitty , wishing the old woman really had been a witch and then she could have solved the riddles which would not leave her in peace . |
| 21 | It 's been a male and female |
| 22 | Our first and subsequent courses have been a success and are part of a long-term commitment to AIDS prevention . |
| 23 | Despite the débâcle over the march , the rally had been a success and the DHAC returned to the Guildhall in late August for its largest and most successful demonstration so far , in the council chamber . |
| 24 | She knew that she had been a success and that Ludo was proud of her . |
| 25 | The argument goes that if an issue has been over-subscribed , people who come in late already know that it has been a success and are therefore cutting down their risk . |
| 26 | The development would appear to have been a success and for the winter timetable an early morning Aberystwyth to Birmingham train will run daily . |
| 27 | I am afraid that it has not been a success and that has certainly not been for want of effort from him but I think we just have to write that one off . |
| 28 | The organic meat , the lambs , have been a success and made money last year . |
| 29 | I 've been a fool and more than a fool . |
| 30 | Yet though she knew she 'd been a fool and totally lacking in self-control , still tangled in the sensual web he 'd spun so effortlessly , she could n't regret it . |