Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [verb] been [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The winding-sheet with its top- and bottom-knots had been in steady decline during the last quarter of the seventeenth century , its place being taken by the open-backed long-sleeved shift with draw-strings at wrist and neck , either with or without an integral hood . |
| 2 | I was in the Lion , fortnight ago , Sunday dinnertime and lads had been on this er bike ride , you know for some children |
| 3 | She wondered again what her grandfather 's thoughts and feelings had been in those few days at Dudley House . |
| 4 | The improved relationships between the school , the parents , the child guidance service , social work and others has been of immense and profound benefit . |
| 5 | To visit their former homes and lands had been like touching history . |