Example sentences of "he [vb past] been at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I just thought he 'd been at the whisky even more than usual , and ignored him . |
| 2 | He 'd been at the wrong end when a small company went bust in the city . |
| 3 | The truth of it was that he was even less certain of her now than he 'd been at the beginning ; how she thought , the way she might react as the world around her changed . |
| 4 | In the week that he 'd been at the helm of the Anpetuwi ship there had been a remarkable change in atmosphere . |
| 5 | Nobody was quite sure how many degrees he had started and not finished , not even Boris , but he had been at the place so long he could remember when they used to spell it Freshmen 's Fair . |
| 6 | He fervently denied that he had been at the scene of the murders or had been in any way involved . |
| 7 | John was not universally popular with his new colleagues any more than he had been at the Wells ; his ambition aroused suspicion , scorn , envy or fear in some , and his sense of fun ( including a rather observant line in mimicry ) left barbs in some of its victims . |
| 8 | There were found footprint evidences that young Brown had crossed and recrossed Hunder Beck , that he had been at the top of the high moor , and he was traced half way back , with probably thirty-six sheep which were recovered on Sunday . |
| 9 | He had been at the forefront of Indian film-making for more than forty years and his work has received international acclaim . |
| 10 | He had been at the School since 1927 , and was the driving force behind the Natural History Society . |
| 11 | He told me that during the nine months he had been at the farm he and the others had noticed that the landscape had changed . |
| 12 | No he came back he came back after he had been at the meeting . |
| 13 | He had been at the head of the factional politics of Edward II 's middle years , and his rapid rise and precipitate fall typified the fate of others who had had the misfortune to enjoy Edward 's patronage . |
| 14 | If he had been at the Sex of One … party , he must have driven down some time between the small hours-of the Sunday morning and when he rang Keith Battrick-Jones on the Monday morning . |
| 15 | He collected their drinks and turned from the bar where he had been at the centre of a laughing group of men who frequently glanced at her curiously . |
| 16 | But he underlined sharply too , how discouraged and disappointed he had been at the inability of his own Department of Agriculture and the Department of Economic Development to sort out their roles in the scheme of things . |
| 17 | Although no evidence had been found that Gnassingbe had been present during the attack , the report said he had been at the scene of the attack " immediately beforehand " . |
| 18 | There was something decidedly odd about the engineering master ; his manner was always friendly , but , in the six months he had been at the school , Robert had not exchanged more than a few words with the man . |
| 19 | He had been at the wheel for over seven hours . |