Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] be [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police think the man — who attacked a young woman in Brighton — is a transvestite or had been to a fancy dress party . |
| 2 | What is most true and touching is in a dying fall , said hardly at all , or in a low , quick way or turning aside . |
| 3 | I 'm not one to do double somersaults — I 'm not that acrobatic — but he 's one of the best in the country and has been for a long time . |
| 4 | No , the fact remains that malaria is on the increase and has been for a number of years now . |
| 5 | Do n't because there is at present , and has been for a good many years past , almost nowhere to publish the stories you may write . |
| 6 | Asprey , 5p higher at 290p , is flush with cash and has been on an acquisitions spree in the last 15 months . |
| 7 | Joan 's husband suffers from motor neurone disease , is very weak and has been in a wheelchair for the last nine years , almost totally dependent on her for physical care . |
| 8 | ‘ However , he damaged his spine over twenty years ago , after being thrown from his horse , and has been in a wheelchair ever since . ’ |
| 9 | Bonington commented on his experiences at sea : ‘ I am not a natural sailor and found being on a very small boat without exercise very trying . |
| 10 | If this sounds like a trite tear-jerker , the writing and acting are of a highly intelligent quality and Joan Knight 's production never becomes mawkish . |
| 11 | The employee was married and had been with a savings bank in a small town for more than 26 years . |
| 12 | The man was a fellow-American and had been on a tour of European branches for the previous three days . |
| 13 | The agent , a good one , reported that the affair was n't quite as dramatic as first accounts had suggested and had been on a far smaller scale , but that students had definitely been involved and at least one of them appeared badly hurt . |
| 14 | She was very tidy and had been as a child , she said ‘ I 'm obssessive ’ . |
| 15 | Septimus , who was a philosopher by nature and had been in a French prison before , made the most of his breakfast in a way peculiarly his own . |
| 16 | A son whose father had Parkinson 's disease and had been in an old people 's home commented : |
| 17 | Her students , she says , are well prepared for Europe , and have been for a long time . |
| 18 | The S A S have operated in Northern Ireland and have been for a long time . |
| 19 | Here in Scotland I 'm old enough to get married without my parent 's permission , and have been for a year . |
| 20 | We think this exercise is very important and have been among a small handful of organisations in Wales who have been consulted so far . |
| 21 | He 'd arranged to meet her at in the West End , he told me , but had been at a loss for a suitable landmark as a meeting place . |