Example sentences of "[noun prp] have been [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For generations , ’ Benjamin 's voice rose , ‘ the lords of Templecombe have been members of the secret Templar organisation . ’ |
| 2 | In desperation she tells Fairfax that she and Tepilit have been lovers . |
| 3 | ‘ Would Canon Wheeler have been Paul 's boss ? ’ |
| 4 | I 'm afraid we have to accept the fact that Marius did die from natural causes , and that all our suspicions of Nigel have been slander , just based on dislike and nothing else . ’ |
| 5 | Only in the club 's last two league games have the players shown anything like their best form , although the league cup quarter and semi-finals against Aberdeen and Celtic have been exceptions . |
| 6 | He and Botham have been friends for 20 years , and Chris says : ‘ He is a walking miracle . |
| 7 | Paddy Monaghan and Ali have been pals since 1963 … when Paddy , furious that Ali had been stripped of his title for refusing to fight in Vietnam , gathered 22 thousand signatures . |
| 8 | The major proponents of a rules based approach in the UK have been Crew and Rowley ( 1970 , 1971 ) . |
| 9 | ‘ The currency fluctuation between the punt and pound sterling , ’ commented Michael Ryder of Easons , ‘ meant that overall , prices of books published in the UK have been 10% lower in the Republic , which has made things difficult . |
| 10 | Hunter is transferring from Inchcolm Abbey in the Firth of Forth , where he and his wife Rae have been custodians for the last 10 years . |
| 11 | Fujitsu and Siemens have been bes ' friends for decades , and Fujitsu already supplies Siemens biggest mainframe CPUs OEM , while Siemens markets Fujitsu VP supercomputers in Europe . |
| 12 | ‘ Con Gallagher and Una have been lovers for about a year now . ’ |
| 13 | Firstly , it is a family archive covering the period since the thirteenth century ; secondly , the dukes of Norfolk have been Earls Marshal and Hereditary Marshals of England for many centuries ; and finally , as the family has adhered to the old religion , many documents have an important bearing on English ( Roman ) Catholic history . |
| 14 | FOUR out of five shopkeepers in Dublin have been victims of crime , a new survey has revealed . |
| 15 | The Fowlers have been tenants at Battlelake Farm for 58 years . |