Example sentences of "who [vb past] [been] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But common sense , coupled with the prospect of the time and paperwork involved in interviewing the hundred or so people who 'd been through the Cookery and Refreshment Tent during the past few hours finally defeated his hope for personal glory through brilliant deduction . |
| 2 | I suggested that help might come from friends who 'd been through the same scenario , or from genuinely sympathetic relatives ( but not critical ones ! ) . |
| 3 | Back in 1988 though , none of the above was known to this actress , who fancied herself as a serious artist who 'd been through the portals of the National and the RSC , albeit coming quickly out the other side , and whose biggest ambition was a ) to perfect a stage yawn , b ) to trim her inner thighs , and c ) to fry a perfect fishball . |
| 4 | Andy told me Howie and another two locals jumped a couple of travellers who 'd been at the party as well . |
| 5 | A shadow fell across my sunny table and I looked up to find Kenneth who 'd been on a recce of the hospital , so after a lunch of ribs , skins , wings and blueberry pie , he was able to lead me through the appropriate doors of the vast , multi-entranced building . |
| 6 | Someone who 'd been in the right place a couple of times . |
| 7 | Well I think it was just because of the the people who put the pressure on at that time , perhaps people who 'd been in the tenants association before , did n't see that as a priority . |
| 8 | He set up an organisation there to try to help those who 'd been in the hands of the Moonies . |
| 9 | The women I spoke to who had been through the whole procedure told me of the many exhausting visits they had had to make to the British Embassies and High Commissions , of the atmosphere of contempt at these places , of the pettiness of the Entry Clearance Officers ( ECOs ) and interpreters , and the rude and unreasonable questions they had had to answer . |
| 10 | When Margaret Thatcher became leader the party was still dominated by these men who had been through the war together . |
| 11 | If he could find someone who had been through the mill as he had and then collaborate with them , great things were possible . |
| 12 | He asked for prayer about the journey to Jerusalem , knowing the tensions that existed between the Christians who had been of the Jewish faith , and those who were converted Gentiles . |
| 13 | As workmen moved in to put up fencing yesterday , more demonstrators joined a small group of protesters who had been on a 24-hour vigil at the site . |
| 14 | Another incident in the same Shop involved a man who had been on a Government course on turning . |
| 15 | She had no travellers ' tales , no air of a person who had been on a journey , and I knew she would be both disbelieving and resentful if I should try to describe the eternal vistas I had glimpsed . |
| 16 | A four week challenge was performed on 20 children who had been on a gluten free diet for mean ( SD ) 14 ( 3 ) months . |
| 17 | The attack came only five days after another great white killed 34-year-old British-born mother of five Terri Cartwright , who had been on a diving excursion off the island of Tasmania . |
| 18 | But when I got there I found I was in with kids who 'd been nicked for stealing or who 'd been on drugs or alcohol or glue , and girls who had been on the streets at 13 . |
| 19 | Indeed , many Englishmen , even those who had been on the side of parliament during the Civil War , like Richard Baxter , had never wanted to abolish the monarchy altogether . |
| 20 | Gemayel had been in the pay of the CIA like King Hussein of Jordan who had been on the CIA 's payroll for 20 years . |
| 21 | ‘ I ask you then , who had been on the beach ? |
| 22 | Then the officer who had been on the bed with Katya drew his pistol and shot the old man dead . |
| 23 | ‘ At my local bookshop , called Ex Libris , in the Shambles at Bradford on Avon , ’ Kington writes , ‘ the man who looks after it once confided to me that his favourite browsing book when no customers were around was Desert Island Lists , which contained the records and books and luxuries chosen by everyone who had been on the programme in the Roy Plomley era . |
| 24 | We knew that inside were climbers who had been on the same route , who had seen us , who had spoken to us . |
| 25 | His real name was Thomas Massenga , once Ngune 's right-hand man , who had been on the run since Jamel Mobuto came to power . |
| 26 | But the partisan warfare went on : Walter Long and his PPS , Sir William Bull ( who had been on the Conference himself ) , reacted angrily to complaints from the agents and suggested that the professional organizers wanted to keep the system as complicated as possible so that they could keep their pay and privileges . |
| 27 | There were ladies in expensive dresses , and people who had been on the train on ‘ red-petticoat day ’ . |
| 28 | There , at the bar , he had been introduced to one of the heads of M.I.9 who , when he heard that Eric wanted to get back to Italy and could speak more Italian than most people who had been on the run , immediately offered to make him a member of the Allied Screening Commission . |
| 29 | They planned to go back on and complete their set with vocals from Cressa of The Stone Roses , who had been on the whole tour and knew most of the songs . |
| 30 | Yet how could one possibly become acquainted with his wife , Marie , a woman who had been on the stage and who , it was known , had lived with him in adultery while waiting to be divorced ! |