Example sentences of "had be there when " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had no idea how long she had been there when a movement in the undergrowth made her look up . |
| 2 | Cecilia was about to let herself in when the young woman called Alice , who had been there when she heard the bomb go off , opened the door to her . |
| 3 | And yet she knew it had been there when she closed the book and put it back on the shelf . |
| 4 | He had been there when his Auntie Margaret died and heard the same sound . |
| 5 | Then he remembered that his wife had been there when old Sally had died , and he realized that this information might be worth something . |