Example sentences of "[vb past] been a [noun] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet once she had been a favourite with the below-stairs staff . |
| 2 | P&O pensioner , Alan Hodding had been a cadet with Elder Dempster for about nine months when war broke out . |
| 3 | Previously , 23 , Pelham Street had been a boutique with a mezzanine floor , two changing rooms and an office . |
| 4 | It had been a regatta with good weather , efficient organization and interesting results , one to appreciate . |
| 5 | Baghoomian had been pursued by his creditors , among them the New York financing firm Rosenthal and Rosenthal , which had been a partner with Baghoomian in some lucrative secondary-market transactions . |
| 6 | While at Bradford in 1911 , Mr. Spencer had been a pioneer with trolleybus development and with his permission , the Associated Equipment Company ( another UndergrounD Group subsidiary ) , demonstrated a single deck trolleybus of quite modern appearance for the time , somewhere on the South Metropolitan system during 1922 , presumably with one trolley on the wire and towing a ball and chain . |
| 7 | He knew it had been a failure with a contemporary audience , however , and he looked very sallow and melancholy a few days after its openings . |
| 8 | I tried to remember if there had been a dog with him , but it was difficult to concentrate . |