Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [been] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The Paddington Bear wallpaper that had been on the walls for years was mocking her .
2 And saved : The ice rink that had been on the skids .
3 It was n't Caspar that had been after the lambs .
4 The employee was married and had been with a savings bank in a small town for more than 26 years .
5 The United States ' amicus brief tried , unconvincingly , to demonstrate that both these forms of procedure should be regarded , and had been by the drafters of the Convention , as forms of ‘ service abroad ’ .
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