Example sentences of "he [vb past] [been] [adj] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , he 'd been one of two warders who had escorted Derek Bentley from the condemned cell to the hangman on January 281953 . |
| 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 | A moment before he had been guilty of one damnable , wicked , fleeting moment of joy when he thought Garvey lay dead on the floor . |
| 4 | He had been thirty-two in 1970 ; there had been certain events that were crucial to his life . |
| 5 | When he returned to the Gold Coast he had been absent for 12 years : he had departed far too young to have made any mark . |
| 6 | 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 . |