Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb past] be [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lindsey and Pete had started talking about having a baby when she was fourteen , and did so the following year : Pete and me had been together for eleven months and loved each other more than words could say . |
| 2 | And I 'd been there from six in the morning till quarter to nine . |
| 3 | no , I forgot well see I forgotten and I 'd been down to Boots an all I , aunty Mary had them once , one time and said |
| 4 | It had blown a gale in the early hours and I had been up with my torch at three o'clock to attend to the guy-ropes and check that the washing was still on the line : it was , but it had become red with dust . |
| 5 | Dermot and I had been together at Eton but then Dermot was one of the Lower boys who came when I shouted " Boy " . |
| 6 | And I had been once in a , a cruise liner to the Canary Islands and Madeira in nineteen thirty five . |
| 7 | You got half an hour plus ten minutes relief for your refreshments and that would happen at ten in the morning and you 'd been there since seven . |
| 8 | And she 'd been right about the red roses . |
| 9 | and he 'd been away for three months so that you know I mean |
| 10 | William always went that step further into life 's nightmares , and he 'd been closer to it , to start with . |
| 11 | He 'd had himself painted and sculptured again and again , and he 'd been there for all the world to see . |
| 12 | He was from and he 'd been out of work a long time . |
| 13 | It 's rather like er I had a plant the other day , a marigold , and it had been there for about two weeks and it was a lovely plant , and er I noticed it beginning to droop and I thought , oh well it 's finished now , it 's in a pot . |
| 14 | And it had been so since the day that she had turned to leave Sycorax at the hot springs . |
| 15 | Quail Eggs Arnold Bennett — perhaps the name should put one off , and what arrived was enough for a full meal , with much haddock , but the sauce was rather thick , reminding one of our party of a school-sanatorium dinner . |