Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] have [be] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I was mean-minded enough to wish it had been for longer .
2 Rachel suddenly felt she 'd been through an emotional wringer .
3 ‘ I wish I 'd been involved with his case two or three years ago , ’ says Mr Stafford Smith , ‘ because the best shot you have is on direct appeal .
4 And , well , I just felt it had been worth trying but it was n't going to work .
5 ‘ Well , I just thought he 'd been at the whisky even more than usual , and ignored him .
6 ‘ Doone phoned me yesterday to say he 'd been to the boatyard and taken away some objects for which he would give me a receipt . ’
7 Emily , swimming vigorously , came to assist her , and together they managed to reach shallow water , where Gwendolen promptly denied she had been in danger .
8 ‘ I always wished I 'd been in love and run away when I was young . ’
9 The Fat Controller looked more at home in this context than I could ever imagine him to have been at Cliff Top , or anywhere else for that matter .
10 Their forensic tests could probably prove it had been around your neck and in my pocket , but it 's been badly mistreated as a piece of evidence . ’
11 If he had denied it , and we later proved he had been on the moat , then it would have been a different matter . ’
12 It had been necessary to handle the appointment rather delicately , as when the post was originally advertised it had been for a boys ' school , 600 strong ; with the anticipated changes this would soon develop into a co-educational establishment of up to 1,000 .
13 ‘ Wigan will certainly know they 've been in a game .
14 , see I got very pally with old , , we use to play snooker together that 's how I first met him and then we went there , and I never knew he 'd been in the cos I transferred to the R E's you see .
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