Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [been] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Letters from the States had been few and far between of late , although money from Sean still came from time to time . |
| 2 | The Battle of Falkirk had been another Jacobite victory , Prince Charles having lost 50 dead and 80 wounded , while Hawley 's casualties , suffered in a mere 20 minutes , amounted to 350 killed and another 300 taken prisoner . |
| 3 | If Whizzo had been any good Jazz could have transferred but Biddy , having given Whizzo the thumbs down , had found him a good home with a nervous lady in the suburbs and he was no longer available . |
| 4 | Before the marriage Maggie had been little more than a drudge round the house . |
| 5 | Heather had been this way before him , had seen and understood what he would shortly see and might yet understand . |
| 6 | A second glance at Grunte had been enough to arouse the Deputy 's suspicions . |
| 7 | ‘ If Dobson had been any more seriously injured you 'd have found yourself in a cell by now . ’ |
| 8 | The house in Mouncy Street had been such a place . |
| 9 | Tom had been much more of a snob than she was . |
| 10 | ‘ When he was very small Helen had been all that he was not ; wise , mature , equipped with skills and resources . |
| 11 | Arthur had been all of those things himself : hunter , warrior , then king . ’ |
| 12 | From Henry 's recollection of the trial , which was , admittedly , not all that clear , Young had been some kind of chemist . |
| 13 | Andréew Fisher had been another contemporary from Sydney and an ability to write , a law degree , and a background in student papers and films made him a choice to handle much of the business side . |
| 14 | The career of Miller had been that of a classic party functionary rising to PUWP central committee secretary and politburo member , whereas Kwasniewski , who came up through the editorship of party youth wing newspapers to become Minister of Youth and Sports from 1985 , had made his name as a pragmatist and advocate of co-operation with Solidarity in the 1989 round table talks . |
| 15 | And if Jack had been such another he would have thanked Charlie for his unstinted friendship , his generous loans , his hospitality and for bringing him Marilyn Thompson . |
| 16 | At the turn of the century industrial production in Belorussia had been half that of the average for Russia as a whole . |
| 17 | If Frankenstein had been some sort of intelligent creepy-crawly , Ace thought , that 's the kind of monster he 'd have built . |
| 18 | After a while I thought that as Dateline had been such a success the first time why not have some fun and do it again ? |
| 19 | Bill had been enough times to a morgue . |
| 20 | Mrs Thatcher had been such a dominant political figure for so long , her approach to politics so radical , that all who served with her were stuck with a general defence of her record . |
| 21 | Before Aunt Tossie had sent him away to that Special School , Nicandra had been such a good little Queen to him . |
| 22 | ‘ It is declared that a good wife is a crown to her husband , but Mrs. Crawley had been much more than a crown to him … she had been crown , throne and sceptre all in one ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ You will be Church of England , ’ said Willie Hamilton , as though Paul had been another species . |
| 24 | suggested in Ex parte Benson ( No. 2 ) , The Times , 21 November 1988 , the decision in Handscomb had been that detention for a period equivalent to a determinate sentence of 27 years exceeded by such a wide margin any determinate sentence passed in recent years for the offence of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility , and was thus in the absence of reasons irrational , I would not disagree . |
| 25 | And if Thomas had been any older I do n't know quite how I would have explained it to him . |
| 26 | Boy George was desperate to meet Yoko , he would have done almost anything to be on with her , and Yoko liked the idea of meeting John Cleese because John Lennon had been such a Monty Python fan . |
| 27 | It was probably the reason that the young Julie had been such a complete tomboy . |