Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [vb past] be [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since 1914 millions of Russians had been on the move — four to five million away from the advancing armies of the Central Powers ; at least twelve million fleeing into exile during and after the Revolution ; the largest land army in the world manoeuvring , dying , and deserting from the longest front-line in history — to give the major examples alone , with very approximate numbers . |
| 2 | Both sets of parents had been against the marriage , but she and Gordon had persisted , drawn closer by the opposition . |
| 3 | There were few new books added each year and I would think that a great number of volumes had been in the Library from its opening in 1905 . |
| 4 | It had n't What kind of things had been in the past ? |
| 5 | The average age of central committee members fell from 52 to 47 ; an increased proportion of members had been in the party for less than 15 years . |
| 6 | A number of documents had been in the drawers but not a list of computer codes . |
| 7 | McQueen 's most fruitful period in films had been in the sixties while Dustin was still unknown outside off-Broadway . |