Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She apologised of course ; I gathered she 'd been talking quilts with a fellow enthusiast and had forgotten the time . |
| 32 | In the heart of the vast city , Daddy again , his brown eyes bright , you could see his sparse hair growing down by the minute into the Hippie pigtail he 'd been too young or too old and always too respectable to wear … |
| 33 | He 'd been beaten up once and arrested once . ’ |
| 34 | It was her nail scissors that she 'd been searching for days , lost under the hearthrug and pressing into her hip ; and the cry was also her virginity , small and bewildered and gone . |
| 35 | Then he 'd jumped to his feet as if he 'd been bitten by a snake , shouting , ‘ You 're a virgin ! |
| 36 | How glad I 'd been in those first nights with him . |
| 37 | How could the English boy go on living now that he 'd been found out ? |
| 38 | On her last visit I 'd been unable to take my eyes off her gold earrings and her bangles . |
| 39 | I 'd been amazed that in London you could buy ready-made couscous in packets , and that the English used it in their cooking . |
| 40 | I answered him with lies , happy that he was so interested after I 'd been certain that he 'd never say a word to me : I told him that I grew it myself , my family grew it , and it was everywhere like green grass and empty milk bottles in London ; it was really amazing hashish. wherever I threw its seeds it sprang up like flames leaping into the air . |
| 41 | Saad had taken his own life the night the news had gone round that he 'd been caught sleeping with a travelling shepherd . |
| 42 | One Saturday night he 'd been drinking in front of the telly when he decided to phone Sheila 's place . |
| 43 | And though she would never admit to it , I was sure there were moments , however fleeting and however infrequent , when she wished she 'd been with the Church of England , rather than the Roman Church . |
| 44 | He 'd been up since six trying to fix his motorbike . |
| 45 | After seeing the picture of Scafell Massif taken in evening sunshine from the summit of Yewbarrow , I could n't help wishing I 'd been there . |
| 46 | We were told that previously , when dogs were allowed , there 'd been problems , so they decided to stop letting them in . |
| 47 | ‘ I think he 'd been fascinated by the wooden leg banging on the floor . |
| 48 | When I first saw the dog , it was quite obvious he 'd been deeply affected by the explosion and had developed a 100-watt phobia for light bulbs ! |
| 49 | I 'd been officially blind for five years when I met Pete at the Guide Dog Centre in Wokingham , Berkshire , ’ Andrew Miles explained . |
| 50 | His wife , Shirley , believed we 'd been brought together for a reason and , after a while , she reckoned my sight would be healed . |
| 51 | As soon as Moby was too old for puppy classes , he went to the bigger-dog classes , run by Jenny , to reinforce what he 'd been taught at puppy classes and , most importantly , what he 'd learned at home . |
| 52 | ‘ At the moment this is not always done and yet there are people who , if they 'd been approached , would have been willing to give permission . ’ |
| 53 | Patrick himself made a statement to my sister which I 've got on tape , saying he 'd been discarded by the woman he married . |
| 54 | That being an impossible expectation , I went off on a tack and remarked that he 'd been lucky , as a politician , that he was also a natural entertainer . |
| 55 | ‘ I 'd been everywhere in books : I read a lot about exotic places . |
| 56 | He thought he 'd been there once but had no idea now . |
| 57 | She no doubt thought I 'd been out in the sun too long . |
| 58 | Harry knew he 'd been hit in the aircraft , feeling now the wetness of blood inside his shirt and trousers , although the wounds did n't hurt , only causing numbness . |
| 59 | Nobody left the queue : they were n't going to lose their place , they 'd been queueing for an hour . |
| 60 | I 'd been after a pair for ages . |