Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [vb past] [be] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This should have been no problem as she was a swimming champion of the South London Schools and had been in excellent health . |
| 2 | This time he did n't miss , he shot past Stowell and United were on level terms , amazingly , they almost snatched the lead a minute later when a brilliant save by Stowell denied Simpson once again . |
| 3 | These limitation terms were incorporated in all contracts between seedsmen and farmers and had been for many years . |
| 4 | surveyor could not gain access to roof voids but concluded was in reasonable condition for its age . |
| 5 | He fervently denied that he had been at the scene of the murders or had been in any way involved . |
| 6 | For instance , the single person 's National Insurance retirement pension in 1990 is worth 26 per cent more than unemployment benefit , whereas back in 1972 they were paid at the same rate and had been for most of the period since 1948 . |
| 7 | He was their paying guest and had been since that afternoon seven years ago when he had tracked Rachel Gebler down to her home in this seaside suburb close to the famous swimming beaches . |
| 8 | So the Dimbleby company turned to TBF ( Printers ) Ltd , which was itself a company closely associated with ( same shareholdings , same management ) T. Bailey Forman Ltd , with whom the NUJ was engaged in a trade dispute and had been since 1979 . |