Example sentences of "way it [verb] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dock was fenced off , but not the way it had been as a real dock , with real cargoes to steal . |
| 2 | This was having something in common with your lover , she thought , remembering the way it had been with Mike , who was interested only in banking and golf and what he called making a home for one 's family . |
| 3 | That 's the way it had been for longer than she could remember . |
| 4 | In his pronouncements , science was no longer subordinate to theology in the way it had been for Roger Bacon , Thomas Aquinas , or Nicole Oresme . |
| 5 | Therefore the Australian move to make whaling more humane was in fact a move to get back to the way it had been after a serious deterioration . |
| 6 | That is the way he conducts his business and that is the way it has been for centuries . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I know David and Cath were planning a normal family Christmas at home , the way it has been for several years , ’ Mrs Smith said . |
| 8 | ‘ I know David and Cath were planning a normal family Christmas at home , the way it has been for several years . |
| 9 | But I hope Graham will look at my bowling this winter in a different light to the way it has been in the past by England . |
| 10 | It 's just the way it 's been for years . |
| 11 | He expects to organize all the surprises — that 's the way it 's been until now . ’ |