Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [vb base] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am his girlfriend and have been for sometime , ’ she said last night . |
| 2 | Does he not realize that the people of Ulster are quite passively tolerating Dublin rule and have been since the 15th of November 1985 . |
| 3 | hold a position of responsibility within the industry and have been in such a post for at least two years |
| 4 | Election expenses are limited by statute and have been since 1883 . |
| 5 | Incense or oil burner in the form of a Swastika adorning an ant-hill in which a Cobra or Nag is in residence . |
| 6 | The same passion , pride and hurt is in the playing and , illuminatingly , the purpose and intricate invention of the blues suddenly starts to take shape . |
| 7 | All that we can see , feel , touch , taste and hear is of one , all-pervading force — the god force . |
| 8 | My children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
| 9 | My children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
| 10 | Yes my children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
| 11 | As for people in Leeds being sick of the Manc hype , people in Manchester are sick of the Manc hype and have been for as long as people from Leeds have been tramping across the moors in their flares and Kickers to buy ‘ God created Manchester ’ tops and to dance at the Haçienda . |