Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [Wh adv] [pers pn] [vb past] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could only see how I had been , not how I was . |
| 2 | If she could only remember where she 'd been and how much she 's enjoying it while she 's actually doing it . |
| 3 | I could not understand why they had been banished to this dusty attic . |
| 4 | I was just as mystified , but then , I could n't explain how I 'd been aware of her presence on our previous visit . |
| 5 | I could n't think where you 'd been to . |
| 6 | Here you bought things at the door — fish , pies , cakes ; you did n't know where they had been ! |
| 7 | I do n't know where they 'd been |
| 8 | cos I said you 'll be here to midnight David and then on the day we were going he stopped me and Jane , little Jane , she was coming down the stairs behind me , I 'd been up for a fax , and I do n't know where she 'd been , she was behind me and as she come down the stairs I was listening and he said got her hand ooh he said I am gon na miss you my dear , so she said yes I 'll miss Hodems as well , he said you have got a way with your words have n't you , he said for one strange minute I thought you were gon na say you 'll miss me too |
| 9 | He had been with them for some time ; two or three years before , he had told her that he did n't know where he had been born , or who his parents were . |
| 10 | And it was only about we i it was wi within a couple of minutes , or , probably less Jim came in er I think he was , I do n't know where he 'd been cos his day off was Thursday I think . |
| 11 | Anyone who 'd paid money for their dog , or did n't know where it had been , should take it to the god in Lāmri to be blessed and cured : and if anyone had been bitten recently , or had been in contact with the rabid dog , they too should see that god . |
| 12 | She could n't remember where she 'd been going at the time . |
| 13 | Why was it then that he could n't remember where she had been shot ? |
| 14 | I did n't get difficult when I drank but I often could n't remember where I 'd been or what I 'd done or even how I 'd got back home . |
| 15 | Jay could n't remember why it had been so important to see her . |
| 16 | She did n't understand why she had been taken from them when they loved her and wanted to keep her . |
| 17 | He could n't understand why it had been changed . |
| 18 | He could n't understand how I had been married and been in the bloody Air Force and yet did n't know . |
| 19 | ‘ When I was allowed to go West again after 20 years , two years ago , I could n't believe how it had been transformed . |
| 20 | seriously though , you ca you could n't see where it had been shot . |
| 21 | I did n't realise why she 'd been away , but when she returned I soon found out . |