Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv] been [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has not been one of those lives where people are rejected and say , ‘ I 'll show them . ’ |
| 2 | As any mother will tell you , it has n't been one jot less exhausting and emotionally draining to live with a morose , depressed , melodramatic , self-obsessed exam-taker this year than any other year . |
| 3 | ‘ Although it has n't been one of the happiest experiences of my life either , ’ she added in a low voice . |
| 4 | It has also been five centuries since the time of Leonardo Da Vinci , a critical figure in the development of human imagination . |
| 5 | It has long been one of the curiosities of our political history that the previous all-time record was set by a party that actually lost the election , Clement Attlee 's Labour Party in 1951 . |
| 6 | It has always been one of those comedies built on character and situation . |
| 7 | It has always been one of my regrets that life did not make it possible for me to know this quiet , strong artist and teacher better . |
| 8 | Sir , it has always been one of my principles that planning , for its acceptance , depends on public understanding . |
| 9 | After death the heart becomes a pyramid ( it has always been one of the wonders of the world ) ; but even in life the heart was never heart-shaped . |
| 10 | It has always been I who have calmed her , though sometimes the Sweeper has come in the evening and stood for a while at her cage and she has calmed in his good presence . |
| 11 | The continued dominance of City and Civil Service elites has often been seen as a barrier to dynamism in British industry ; in fact , it has merely been one aspect of a secure and integrated dominant class , linked by kinship , ownership of wealth and distinctive patterns of education . |
| 12 | The dress had been a gift from her mother , and , although it was pretty enough , it had never been one of her favourites . |
| 13 | It had always been one of his Walter Mittyisms to run a restaurant , and this we discussed with extreme earnestness . |
| 14 | And it had always been one of Gesner 's greatest roles . |
| 15 | Eighteenth another week , it 's already been three mo three months , so it 's still fresh is n't it ? |
| 16 | It 's now been seven and a half weeks since our five guinea pigs began their search for a healthy lifestyle . |
| 17 | IT 'S NOW been three years since ‘ French Kiss ’ house-humped its steamy way into world clubdom 's consciousness and catapulted Lil' Louis into the overnight celebrity which comes with sudden chart action . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , it 's never been one of my favourite words , mainly because it emerged from a marketing concept more than from musicians . |