Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [pers pn] [verb] been in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or perhaps she had been in too much of a hurry to change . |
| 2 | Said manager John Bell : ‘ The Canadians are building a huge power plant in Ontario and already they have been in touch for guidance on how we operate our laundry system . ’ |
| 3 | Wheat and barley he knew , and once he had been in a field of turnips . |
| 4 | Yes , I know , yes but I mean it 's interesting at lunch time I had a , I had a working lunch with someone and a month after we had finished all the work and stuff , we got on to a whole pile of other things and , and I was talking about some of the -ists and one of the -ists I was talking about was feminism and how I 'd been in an amazing meeting a few weeks ago where you know I used that word and the women , it was all a meeting with women , the women there had absolutely freaked at the use of the word feminism and feminists . |
| 5 | He spent money that he had n't got and twice he 'd been in a duel . |
| 6 | Flap jacks do n't appear to be cooked and yet they 've been in the time they should have , I do n't know what 's happened , there you are there 's your drink do n't knock it over |