Example sentences of "[subord] [noun prp] have [been] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | He seemed to be suggesting that once Balbinder had been at Cedars for a while , he might be capable of re-entering mainstream education at middle school transfer . |
2 | In fact , Lazenby was hardly more wooden than Connery had been in Dr No . |
3 | Our recent low-key attempts at publicity , the Day to Day programme , the press conference to mark the three hundredth day and a few other interviews — had been fairly successful and had n't offended or worried Pat or Sheila , although Roby had been against them . |
4 | ‘ Many of your countrymen — no , many of the Germans we have talked about — think Hitler would have stepped back if Churchill had been in power . |
5 | The break-up of the marriage was recorded as taking place in 1943 , ‘ due to the pressures and uncertainties of war ’ — as if Gerald had been at the very least a fighter ace or undercover agent . |
6 | Blanche asked if Blufton had been at the farewell party the night before . |
7 | If Dana had been with me , they would never have dared . |
8 | She parted her lips to tell him about Dana , then closed them again as a desperate plea from her twin made itself known as clearly as if Dana had been in the same room . |
9 | Every Street in the Gallowgate and the Calton had become a parking place for horses , hansom cabs , buses that could well have been the ‘ taxis of Waterloo' if Napoleon had been on our side , broughams with the seats held together by faith and carpet tacks , open coaches decorated with scraps of cloth and coloured paper , growling , fuming motor-cars … the invasion of the East End of Glasgow was total . |
10 | ‘ I do n't suppose I 'd have done so well if Maggie had been in charge ’ he was a Minister in the Wilson government . |
11 | If Jesus had been in your class for drama , who would he have chosen to work with in a pair ? |
12 | She rubbed at herself inneffectually and he had an impulse to do it for her ; if Oliver had been with them , he would have dried them both , enjoying the feel of their lively , vigorous little bodies , but on her own , without Oliver , she seemed too grown-up , not a child any more . |
13 | If Vecchi had been to the apartment and got what he wanted before killing Mahoney , there was no need for him to return for another look round . |
14 | Even if Robbie had been in the mood for laughter , it would have been a cynical mirth . |
15 | She knew as she waited for Reception to ring her back that it could well be , if Cara had been in touch with her parents , that she stood to come off the phone feeling worse than ever . |
16 | If Cullam had been in a fit state to observe behaviour he might have thought the chief inspector bored or preoccupied . |
17 | It would not have been so light a thing to her if Hotspur had been among those dour-faced lordlings clattering through the streets of Shrewsbury with their shame . |
18 | Clifford as he was , cos John had been in the hospital I think the day before he died |
19 | There is no doubt that if CCs had been on offer at the time , Bruin would probably have taken them all . |
20 | If John had been of the same family as Jesus , moreover , his ‘ seal of approval ’ would have carried the additional authority of a royal warrant . |
21 | If Puddephat had been at the flat in Paris on Friday evening , he could hardly have squeezed a trip to Germany in between . |
22 | Charles shivered as he thought what might have happened if Jacqui had been in the flat when her ‘ visitors ’ called that morning . |
23 | Was this because Rayne had been in charge of the Commissariat ? |
24 | Swindon 's glory days in the FA Cup were a long time ago while Cambridge have been to the quarter finals two years running . |
25 | Since Java had been outside his area , Mountbatten had no intelligence about conditions there . |
26 | When Jesus , when , while Jesus had been with them they had had the confidence . |
27 | They had n't been out for any days since Adam had been at home . |
28 | Since Bartocci had been at pains to emphasize that his comments were ‘ off the record ’ , Zen could of course simply ignore them . |
29 | ‘ We have seen extortionate increases in fares while BR has been in the public sector , ’ he said . |
30 | I mention this and , since Sandra has been on The Word , after a while she remembers Amanda . |