Example sentences of "where [noun prp] [vb past] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were standing by the desk in the library , where Theda had been going over the household accounts when the lawyer arrived , Hector , his wound still troublesome , laying at her feet . |
| 2 | We were then too high for much detail , but it looked a general melee back where Mala had been . |
| 3 | ‘ And did you find out where Gwen had been , Arthur ? ’ asked Dalziel softly . |
| 4 | And Mr. Marshall was very different from Ingard — where Ingard had been expansive , he was withdrawn , and where Ingard had been cocksure and flamboyant , he seemed almost nervous . |
| 5 | And Mr. Marshall was very different from Ingard — where Ingard had been expansive , he was withdrawn , and where Ingard had been cocksure and flamboyant , he seemed almost nervous . |
| 6 | The Carolingians ' heartlands , that is , the area where most of their estates were clustered , and where Franks had been settled for centuries , spanned modern Belgium and the Netherlands , northern France , and western Germany , thus lying athwart the " natural " frontiers of the Ardennes forest , and the rivers Meuse and Rhine . |
| 7 | Truman was blunt and straightforward where Roosevelt had been subtle and evasive . |
| 8 | In the Far East , where Britain had been so successful in defeating Communist terrorism , there was also growing instability . |
| 9 | At least , where Masklin had been sitting . |
| 10 | They were in the kitchen , where Hannele had been drinking milk when he returned . |
| 11 | In the snow between Porretta and Bologna , where Nicholas had been called to the rescue , and Ansaldo her lover had died . |
| 12 | From there we had to shuffle down the underground to Davenports Magic Shop , where Paul had been lured in order to buy an ancient Chinese trick , hence the coolie gear . |
| 13 | Carrie was able to come every day to sit with Julia , and Maureen was able to travel to Whiston Hospital where Chris had been taken . |
| 14 | Where Macbeth had been concealed or opaque to Duncan , and was thus in a superior position , manipulating him by pretence , we now see Lady Macbeth putting herself in the dominant position , planning to manipulate her husband : Macbeth is now transparent to her , and she to us . |
| 15 | She had tried to locate him for over two years , in both America and Canada , where John had been living and working for a number of years . |
| 16 | The combination of prophetic denunciation and broad generalization did not appeal to his contemporaries ; as one of his colleagues in the Chandos Group ( where Eliot had been discussing the matters contained in his book ) wrote later , " It is understandable that The Idea of a Christian Society should make little appeal to the large majority of the intelligentsia . |