Example sentences of "[pos pn] [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 | Souness is partly to blame — he has a big L plate and not all his buys have been successes . |
| 4 | Our families have been friends for years . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ A lot of our patients have been country people and can remember having collies on their farms . |