Example sentences of "[vb past] been [adj] [prep] three [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As you were aware , they had been involved in Three Hills in er developing Ayletts Field and successfully with us on our our most recent one . |
| 2 | At the same time she could n't help but wonder about the fact that in the space of twelve months he had been involved in three relationships , Anna Wallace , Amanda Knatchbull and herself , any one of which could have ended in marriage . |
| 3 | When Esther visited Alix and Sebastian , they had been married for three weeks , and the marriage had been consummated . |
| 4 | For example , Field End House had been open for three years as a specialist unit for children with learning difficulties , and was designed to offer respite ‘ round the clock ’ care . |
| 5 | The twice-married 70-year-old star had been ill for three years . |
| 6 | When Lorne and our mother , Lydia , visited the Toraja in 1971 they found that the last great king , Lasso Rinding Puang Sangalla , had been dead for three years , and was still lying in state awaiting his final star-launch . |
| 7 | One reason for this was , of course , that since he had been dead for three months his eyes were in any case not in the best of condition . |