Example sentences of "been [prep] [det] [noun] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Faroe Islands are self-governing , but have been for many years a colony of Denmark , and still rely on the government of the old mother country for international representation . |
| 2 | Aware that Madcap Agnew 's name was scarcely mentioned in the Hall , that the Lodge had been for many years a forbidden place , and that her father 's heart still quailed to reflect on the terrors he had suffered as a child , Louisa had not dared to let her reflections on this unhappy history reach far enough . |
| 3 | According to Alcuin the oppression of the Church by the secular power had been for some time a feature of Northumbrian political and ecclesiastical life , but the problem now was that Eanbald was said to be accompanied on his journeys through Northumbria by a retinue more numerous than any which had attended on his predecessors and inclusive of low-born soldiers , and Alcuin affected to be at a loss as to why he needed so large a force . |
| 4 | Bob Gunnell , of course , is an was and has been for some time a very supportive member of South East Arts and active in many of its committees . |
| 5 | " Yes , " said Clara , beginning to understand the nature of her mother 's satisfaction ; the lack of telephone of Mrs Hanney had been for some years a subject for discourse in a vein of amazed contempt . |
| 6 | There has been for some years a basic agreement that the parliamentary salary should be sufficient to prevent MPs feeling the need to seek supplementary income . |
| 7 | He looked at me apathetically through a mist of weakness and pain and one could see he 'd been in that water a lot too long . |
| 8 | I have been in this city a week today . |
| 9 | ‘ I have been in this game a lifetime and wonder in what direction it is going and where it will all end up . |
| 10 | What she has achieved is remarkable given she is still very young and has only been in this business a couple of years . |
| 11 | Has the LDDC , in spite of all the hype and political prominence , been in some sense a failure ? |
| 12 | Probably , for we later read that ‘ want of opportunity has been in some respect a prejudice to my business ’ , and , ‘ the noble act of embalming has been entirely ruined by the undertakers ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ But I do n't want to be sharing my life with anyone , gorgeous hunk or not , ’ Shannon had pointed out mildly , managing with an effort not to remind Kelly they 'd been over this ground a hundred times before . |
| 14 | Owing to his lack of resources he had always been to some extent a figurehead , but he had become an indispensable one . |
| 15 | ‘ Look , we have been on this world a matter of a few days . |
| 16 | When you 've been around those guys a lot , you notice that they 're performers and that they perform for you . |
| 17 | And after all , Rothesay , so they said , had led Margaret a dog 's life after all her father 's pains to secure him for her , and been by any standard a poor bargain for any girl , having worn out so many before her — including , the bolder gossips whispered , Dunbar 's unhappy daughter , affianced and bedded but never wed . |