Example sentences of "[been] [verb] at [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | At 07.30 , the Allied artillery , which for the previous 65 minutes had been firing at its greatest intensity , lifted . |
| 2 | That had been in the first exhilarating days of their relationship , and he had been elated at their evident approval of her . |
| 3 | A new highly flexible manufacturing line employing leading production technology has been completed at our main plant in Wayne , PA , increasing our capacity to serve customers in both the US and Japan . |
| 4 | A dialysis machine has now been installed at their new home in Oxford , supervised by his New Zealand born wife . |
| 5 | He had been defeated at his first attempt in 1685 , and in 1689 petitioned the Commons against Tory violence at the hustings . |
| 6 | The Earl had been shouting at her that morning , ‘ Have n't you gone yet ? |
| 7 | Here he may well have acted as a diplomatic go-between in introducing them to the Roman traders , whose imports have been found at their main centre , the great oppidum at Bagendon near Cirencester . |
| 8 | And should n't Lucy say something about her story , the subtle and extravagant passes Jay had been making at her all evening ? |
| 9 | Instinctively I went into a steep spiral dive , furiously angry that I had been beaten at my own game . |
| 10 | Dustin had been working at his antique desk all morning on contact sheets of his wedding pictures , taken almost a year before , trying to pick out the ones to develop . |
| 11 | When she changed schools , however , the maths A level course was different from the one she 'd been following at her old school , but the new teacher expected her to catch up immediately . |