Example sentences of "have [be] [prep] [noun] [adv] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The CEDA leader , José María Gil Robles , had been politically discredited by his electoral defeat of February 1936 and was now stranded in Biarritz , where he had been on holiday when the rising occurred .
2 One of his worst experiences had been at Sunset just a few days before .
3 When we had been in Manchester only a week , a week of arduous rehearsals and long hours , Vicky could keep little food down and , frantic with worry for her , I urged her to go home now .
4 Most unfortunate , had been in action only a couple of hours .
5 I 've been in hospital rather a lot . ’
6 In a way , these two things have been in conflict right the way through the history of climbing .
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