Example sentences of "[noun pl] that [pron] [vb past] [been] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the fifteen months that he had been in prison his black hair had turned grey and his features had lost their definition . |
| 2 | This school looked so much bigger than the other two primary schools that I had been to . |
| 3 | As it turned out , Mother was still delighted to remind all her friends that I had been among the first women from the East End to sign the register . |
| 4 | She added that he had later asked her to tell detectives that he had been at home all Saturday night . |
| 5 | Gemma , 11 , found fending for herself in her west London home while her mother , 31 , was on holiday in Spain , was taken in by Hammersmith Council on February 1 after complaints that she had been on her own for two days . |
| 6 | Mr Escobar confirmed reports that he had been in contact with the government for over 12 months prior to the crackdown , ordered after the drug-related slayings of a presidential candidate and two other top officials . |
| 7 | She told magistrates that she had been into town and was late getting the car back home to her parents who needed it for an important appointment . |
| 8 | He 'd been no more than another face around the yard on the two or three occasions that she 'd been by , no reason that he should have made any lasting impression on her at all . |