Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] [been] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The gang-girl she had been seemed as remote from her as the child she had been before that .
2 ‘ I have n't been drinking , Harvey , ’ she said patiently , as if this was a dialogue they had been through many times before .
3 Since entering the wood they had been in severe anxiety .
4 The economics , ethics and effects of discounting were not the talking point they had been in 1991 .
5 He could hardly have been welcome , because when he had entered the senior police officer 's room it had been with two aides trying to keep him out by every manoeuvre other than manhandling him .
6 She told the court she 'd been with two girlfriends to the Nightclub in Nottingham city centre , where it was a monthly gay night .
7 Changing the subject quickly , I wondered how great an inspiration she had been to all those women out there in their 40s who lacked her drive to embark on a new career .
8 That 's the way it had been for longer than she could remember .
9 Although before this year he 'd been to fewer golf tournaments than we had cold drinks on that hot September afternoon , he still has fond memories of watching Arnold Palmer win the Colonial NIT close to his hometown of Dallas in 1962 .
10 It was the first time she 'd been in such a grand vehicle , and when she looked over the side she seemed so high up she was dizzy .
11 She moved away from him and went over to the couch she had taken her ease in the last time she 'd been in this room .
12 By the time he had been through that and was ready to return , Jennifer had been married and divorced and was almost a stranger again .
13 He remembered the last time he had been in this situation .
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