Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been [vb pp] prisoner " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realized with a shock that this was the first time I had been really unhappy since I had been taken prisoner . |
| 2 | Ever since I had been taken prisoner I had found the presence of German helmets fascinating . |
| 3 | They were as shy as I was and the effort they made to be friendly was the most heartening thing I had experienced since I had been taken prisoner . |
| 4 | He worked out where you 'd been kept prisoner . ’ |
| 5 | He 'd been taken prisoner by the Japs , and had been shipped to Japan , and was working in a warehouse in the docks on the morning of 9 August , 1945 . |
| 6 | In fact , he had been taken prisoner after going behind enemy lines to retrieve the body of a friend . |
| 7 | Now , badly wounded , he had been taken prisoner . |