Example sentences of "had been [adv prt] with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By now , 1345 hours , the Colonel had been up with the leading Troops for more than because two hours , and as the short Arctic day was drawing to a close he ordered the withdrawal to begin . |
| 2 | That morning Sara had been up with the dawn to walk for the last time in the castle grounds to say goodbye to her doves , her servants , her horses and her hounds , the last of which seemed to sense what was happening and started howling as soon as she had departed . |
| 3 | ‘ Partridge , who acts as guide , as boots , postilion , and boatman , at the Salutation Inn , might have brought us down an easier descent ; but as he had been out with a chaise all night , he was perhaps induced , from fatigue , to take us the nearest way . |
| 4 | Her last thought before she fell asleep was the reaction she would get if they knew that she had been out with a policeman . |
| 5 | She had been out with a young lawyer once , a bumptious and ambitious man , and a boring one . |
| 6 | Sir Richard , in hose and open cambric shirt , wiped dust from his hands , apologising that he had been out with the craftsmen who were putting the finishing touches to their pageant for the young king 's coronation . |
| 7 | ‘ Giles said he and Ursula had been out with the two of you . |