Example sentences of "been [noun] 's [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been painted in wonderful Afghan clothes , a tunic and turban of deep blue and red embroidered with gold , clothes he had brought back from the exploits during which he had found Charlotte , the fabulous exploits that had been Alexandra 's bedtime stories every night , every single night in childhood , haunting her sleep with nightmares of cruelty and savagery in wild , barbaric places . |
| 2 | And where had been Lionan 's fighting men , the retainers who were bound to protect Suardal as the Hearthwares were ? |
| 3 | Rosemary , a year older than Leith , had been Sebastian 's school classmate . |
| 4 | His first stab at an Open Championship was at St Andrews in 1957 with Laurie Ayton , whose uncle David had been Tip 's golf teacher . |
| 5 | Gen. Grachev , who had hitherto been Yeltsin 's deputy Defence Minister , had played a key role in the military opposition to the coup attempt in August 1991 [ see p. 38369 ] . |
| 6 | Also singled out for particular censure has been Mozart 's wife Constanze , who has often been accused of hastening her husband 's early death through her sluttishness , extravagance , and inability to keep the household finances in order . |
| 7 | This linen cloth , some 4.25 m in length , bears the shadowy image of the front and back of a man who appears to have been scourged and crucified , and it is therefore believed to have been Christ 's burial shroud . |
| 8 | Baker an urbane , Princeton-educated Texan was a close friend of Vice-President George Bush and had been Bush 's campaign manager during the 1980 primaries . |
| 9 | The main beneficiary had been Grey 's brother Dorset , whose heir had been married to Anne , the daughter of the dowager duchess of Exeter by her second husband . |
| 10 | The main beneficiary had been Grey 's brother Dorset , whose heir had been married to Anne , the daughter of the dowager duchess of Exeter by her second husband . |
| 11 | Unix System Laboratories Europe has appointed Irwan Owen as account manager for the UK and Ireland — for the past year he has been USL 's account manager for Italy . |
| 12 | Prior to joining Guinness , he was managing director of Imperial Leisure and Retailing , part of Courage Plc , and he has previously been Courage 's marketing director . |
| 13 | Women it may have been Women 's Institute Guild or something or I du n no . |
| 14 | Freddie Mills had been Michael 's boyhood hero . |
| 15 | It is also helpful if it can be shown there have been arm 's length negotiations between management and the institutions and that the price benefit to management ( ie the fact that management acquire control of Newco but pay no more per share than the institutions and/or pay less than 50% of the price for more than 50% of the equity ) derives from those negotiations , rather than from management 's employment by Target . |