Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [vb base] been [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes I am ‘ foster mum ’ to various waifs and strays ; amongst my charges have been gerbils , a slow-worm , hedgehogs , various wild birds including a heron with a broken wing and a kingfisher with a bent beak , and out latest acquisition — a kitten abandoned on our doorstep in a cardboard box , now firmly established as one of the family . |
| 2 | ‘ We all think that the professions , academia , is such a special , desirable place to be , but some of the best-rounded people I 've ever met in my life have been businessmen , because of a very wide range of experience they have . |
| 3 | These are almost always the same men , the ones who own the guns and the best-trained dogs , whose families have been hunters for years , passing their knowledge and experience down through the generations until it 's almost in the blood . |
| 4 | And it is no bad thing that Karajan , whose concerts have been gala occasions now for the best part of forty years , also sold around one hundred million records since he began recording in earnest in 1946 . |
| 5 | A man who has slept on ice , whose clothes have been ice , should not be prevented by a stranger from making his journey to what freedom he can find . |
| 6 | Souness is partly to blame — he has a big L plate and not all his buys have been successes . |
| 7 | ‘ Then it can't 've been Barbs , can it ? ’ said Constance , chewing crisps , vulgarly , with her mouth open . |
| 8 | Our families have been friends for years . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ A lot of our patients have been country people and can remember having collies on their farms . |