Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [be] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Mills , the United States had been through five epochs . |
| 2 | It was awkward , too , from the sales point of view , that Richard had been aboard one of these barges when he got knocked over the head . |
| 3 | Dr Curtis had been in four times . |
| 4 | The most recent public execution in Albania had been in 1986 . |
| 5 | When Bigwig had spoken earlier of sounding out the Owsla , Hazel had been in two minds . |
| 6 | In fact the earliest exports to Australia had been in 1820 but the breed did not become established for another 30 years . |
| 7 | According to a friend Patricia had been to two fortune tellers recently . |
| 8 | Sylvie suddenly remembered how uncomfortable in his own skin Leo had been at fourteen . |