Example sentences of "[vb base] been a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I 've been a few years on the Council now and when I first went on the Council I was going to move mountains and make oh big Taj Mahals everywhere , but when you get on these things you have a rude awakening , it does n't work out that way and it works out exactly the same in this erm . |
| 2 | Otherwise , some people would indeed quite literally eat themselves to death — in fact there have been a few cases of disturbed people doing just that in recent years . |
| 3 | But again I think it has been unfortunate er er that recently there have been a few cases in which it would have been better not to prosecute |
| 4 | There have been a few interventions . |
| 5 | There have been a few moments during the making of Aspel and Company which have aged me considerably — but then I comfort myself with the thought that life would be very dull without any crises to get the heart racing . |
| 6 | We have not yet succeeded in creating reliable reproduction of touch , taste or smell , although there have been a few experiments . |
| 7 | Recently both monthly and weekly paid staff have switched to Videpay ( the new payroll system ) and like all new systems there have been a few teething problems . |
| 8 | While there have been a few studies of women offenders , investiga-tors have generally looked upon the difference between masculine and feminine criminality merely as a reason for eliminating female subjects from their researches on the ground that they provide insufficient material . |
| 9 | But there have been a few problems in trying to explain to the Chinese the finer points of a fish supper . |
| 10 | ‘ There have been a few problems , ’ he said flatly . |
| 11 | Working with one set of tattered plans there have been a few problems along the way . |
| 12 | I have discovered those which for various reasons I did not feel comfortable with ; on the other hand , there have been a few works which I could as my personal luxury ! |
| 13 | Reminiscing from the autumn of his mid-twenties , he told Louise Colet that ‘ the greatest events of my life have been a few thoughts , reading , certain sunsets by the sea at Trouville , and conversations of five or six hours on the trot with a friend [ Alfred k Poittevin ] who is now married and lost to me . ’ |
| 14 | We need an undivided sport , there have been a few occasions , sadly , when clubs and associations have followed marginally divisive lines as we attempt to represent the sport similar bodies which does not help our cause . |
| 15 | Although there have been a few gains , these have been outweighed by the losses . |
| 16 | But recently , including today 's CBI distributive trades survey , there have been a few straws in the wind suggesting things really might be getting a little better . |
| 17 | There have been a few comments passed about the way you 're behaving , but do n't worry , next time I hear anyone discussing it I 'll set them straight . ’ |