Example sentences of "they [vb past] be [prep] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had been friends for long enough , they 'd been to school together for a little while until geography had pushed them apart , then they 'd met up again as older teenagers , both interested in bars and snooker , then in girls . |
| 2 | I suppose ( now ) they 'd been to bed together . |
| 3 | It may therefore become of some importance , who it was told you that they 'd been in prison together and so were at least known to each other . |
| 4 | Yes , they had been in love once , that was before they had children . |
| 5 | The corresponding amounts at the previous year end include its assets and liabilities at that date and show the shares issued by the group to acquire it as if they had been in issue then . |