Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pron] [vb past] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when she had n't been arguing she had been calm , efficient , distant … |
| 2 | It 's thought he 'd been incontinent and tried to wash himself . |
| 3 | Pamela had left no note but it 's understood she 'd been depressed before her death . |
| 4 | On enquiring of the cause , Susa-no-wo was told they had been obliged to offer their eight daughters , one by one , to the eight-headed dragon of Koshi and it was now the turn of the last daughter . |
| 5 | After his marriage it was rumoured he had been involved in a gambling scandal , but his father-in-law stood by him and it was largely through him that de Burgh was created a marquess in the peerage of Ireland in 1825 and Baron Somerhill in the peerage of the United Kingdom in 1826 . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm sorry — I do n't mean to , ’ she said sadly , then stifled a sigh while realising that slowly and surely he was ruining what had been precious moments . |