Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] been [noun] [noun] in " in BNC.
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1 | The last time there was a serious battle for the post was 1951 , when Mr W S Morrison , Conservative MP for Cirencester and Tewkesbury , was elected , defeating Major J Milner , Labour MP for Leeds South East , who had been deputy Speaker in the previous Parliament . |
2 | Of course there had been interrogation sessions in the Lubyanka , but they had been flimsy affairs , for hanging over their progress had been the sword of a man 's release . |
3 | There had been Sproggs living in the cottage for four generations , and the small triangle of green in front of the gate had been Sprogg 's Green for almost as long . |
4 | There had been car break-ins in the area but there was nothing to connect Wolfenden with them . |
5 | It had been headline news in the press for almost two weeks and had produced a paid television programme to put its point of view across . |