Example sentences of "[conj] we had been in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although we had been in the land of constant daylight for several days , the sun had been hidden for much of the time by high cloud . |
| 2 | We returned to Makassar from the Toraja highlands with dangerously diminished funds , realizing that we had been in Celebes for two months and that the chances of finding a prahu which could carry us the nearly two thousand miles to the Aru Islands were remote . |
| 3 | We were in precisely the same place that we had been in three dawns previously ! |
| 4 | The Billeting Office found us accommodation , but no one appeared to be responsible for us otherwise , though I expect we could have gone to our administrative chief Harold Fletcher , if we had been in any serious trouble . |
| 5 | 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 . |