Example sentences of "my [noun sg] has be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MY marriage has been in trouble for two years , ever since my husband started having affairs . |
| 2 | MY marriage has been in trouble for two years , ever since my husband started having affairs . |
| 3 | My aim has been in one respect identical to Paley 's aim . |
| 4 | We travel back and forth all the time between Canada and England , and my husband has been in nearly every country of the world on business . |
| 5 | ‘ My husband has been in the R.A.F. for nearly four years , but we had saved enough for the costs of a normal confinement in a nursing home , and as it was my first baby , we thought it well worth a little extra expense . |
| 6 | Erm yeah I did mention earlier actually there was one or two ways that you could perhaps help me er one was erm I hope , I 'd like to think that obviously my service has been of value to you erm I 'd also like to think that you can perhaps recommend me to people you know er you did actually mention earlier erm was it Peter you work with , was it |
| 7 | I want to forget that a big chunk of my life has been about being as good a dissident as possible . |
| 8 | I want to forget that a big chunk of my life has been about being as good a dissident as possible . |
| 9 | So , concentrate on this and I 'm , I 'm , must get round to , I 'm sorry my life has been in turmoil because of the , the dog situation , Jean and I have n't been up to the West End , but erm , I , I know which book I want , I want to get you , erm , and yes , I want you to do this , so and this actually it 's very good , very difficult , good , do a bit of technic . |
| 10 | My training has been as a scientist , and I still ask questions which begin ‘ Why ? ’ ( as well as others beginning ‘ How ? ’ and ‘ What if ? ’ . |
| 11 | Er , my client has been in business at the u his own firm supplying computer software in a specialized market , that is stock control systems for clubs , pubs and restaurants . |
| 12 | No one who has heard a 3-year-old , lately able to utter only single words , saying things like ‘ The difficulty with me is , I do n't want to go to bed ’ , or ‘ it looks to me as if my brother has been at it ’ can fail to toy with a Chomskian or Cartesian notion of innate ideas , the deep structures of language being in us from before birth . |
| 13 | As far as I 'm aware my solicitor has been in contact with Burnley prosecution to have the case transferred to Birmingham Crown Court . |
| 14 | As far as I 'm aware my solicitor has been in contact with prosecution to have the case transferred to Birmingham Crown Court . |