Example sentences of "have [be] [noun] [noun] [Wh pn] " in BNC.

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1 In recent years it has been Ian Rush who has been the scourge of Everton but this time he turned provider to send the Israeli international through a dumbfounded Everton defence .
2 Acting as midwife to the enterprise has been Alvar Gonzalez-Palacios who was assisted by Roberto Valeriani .
3 ‘ Have you ever thought it might have been Mrs Downes who killed Dr Kemp ?
4 In fact , it had been Dr Kemp who had written a reference for her when she 'd changed jobs .
5 McGee had summoned the Dean , but it had been Lord Cumbermound who had led the party down the back stairs .
6 But it had been Mrs McBride who had started as she meant to go on .
7 It was announced in mid-November that the United People 's Party ( UPP ) , the grouping formed by Hyundai conglomerate founder Chung Ju Yung , was to merge with the New Korea Party ( NKP ) which had been formed in October [ see p. 39142 ] by defectors from the political mainstream , most of whom had been DLP members who were opposed to the succession of Kim Young Sam .
8 It had been Bruce Davidson who had interviewed Yeo before , when Angela Morgan had still been officially only a Missing Person and Peter Yeo , as her employer , one of the obvious people to talk to about where she might be .
9 If it had been Jamie Baird who was waiting for her in the drawing-room , would she have been so angry ?
10 Try to imagine , if you will , the ferocity of the reaction in the West if it had been Saddam Hussein who had poured napalm down on Kurdish villages three weeks ago !
11 It had been Great-Aunt Alicia who had considered it a marvellous and exciting opportunity and persuaded her to accept it .
12 My sleep/wake clock had bust a spring and I was worried about the fact that it had been Billy Tuckett who had dropped through the skylight .
13 Within living memory there have been cathedral organists who have taught their skills to articled pupils .
14 Quite apart from the desire for steady and precise steering qualities as offered by the conical camber of the Rogallo sail forms , there always have been kite flyers who were less interested in ‘ Figurekiting ’ and more inclined to the spectacular fast flying trains of smaller kites with linked bridles .
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