Example sentences of "[to-vb] been a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You have to have been a variety artist or a dependant , ’ says Elliott , formerly a dancer and the late Dick Emery 's manager . |
| 2 | Another of his favourites seems to have been a tomato jam ; this he uses for a sweet called Peaches Barbara with cream and kirschwasser and pistachio nuts . |
| 3 | Ar are you saying that the defendant was , or ought to have been a conveyancing expert himself ? |
| 4 | The twelve paintings are remarkable for being executed on canvas when normally such representations were in fresco , but Ribera is known not to have been a fresco painter . |
| 5 | How many women can claim to have been a Tiller Girl ? |
| 6 | ‘ She was n't clean enough to have been a harem girl . |
| 7 | The only castings found were ingots , so this seems to have been a metal refinery . |
| 8 | In at least one such area where it did eventually intrude , the original ‘ rotten apple ’ is believed to have been a government agent . |
| 9 | He also falsified his qualifications , including a Master of Business Administration diploma from the Madison Business School in the United States , and claimed to have been a Laker Airways manager and an executive with the failed Polly Peck international conglomerate . |
| 10 | Examination of recovered material shows it to have been a type I carbonaceous chondrite . |
| 11 | Cos there is there appears to have been a display kitchen at some stage . |
| 12 | SEEKING information on Peter Roberts , who I believe to have been a bomber pilot during World War Two . |
| 13 | ‘ There seems to have been a power failure , ’ a male voice replied . |
| 14 | In June the facade was blown out of the Iraqi Planning Ministry building by what seems to have been a car bomb , although it is not clear whether this was the result of direct Iranian action or that of some domestic opposition group . |
| 15 | Believed to have crashed in October 1942 after a dogfight with a Luftwaffe fighter over occupied Normandy , the pilot is thought to have been a Fleet Air Arm Lieutenant . |
| 16 | This bayonet is supposed to have been a murder weapon . |
| 17 | We can assume that Jacques not only played the oboe but was also likely to have been a woodwind maker , as was his brother , Jean , who is noted in the Livre commode ( 1692 ) as being among the most highly regarded master makers of woodwinds . |
| 18 | Seems to have been a business meeting when the Treasurer presented his accounts showing a balance of £15 ; 12 ; 6½ . |
| 19 | Waterhole two , in January 1982 , was to have been a repeat performance . |