Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The man was a fellow-American and had been on a tour of European branches for the previous three days . |
| 32 | The agent , a good one , reported that the affair was n't quite as dramatic as first accounts had suggested and had been on a far smaller scale , but that students had definitely been involved and at least one of them appeared badly hurt . |
| 33 | Arthur Skyrne was 59 and had been on the dole for ten years when he joined Roseberry ; now he is site safety officer and one of the directors of the company . |
| 34 | All three came from the Midlands and had been at the sharp end of the business as salesmen for distribution companies . |
| 35 | As it happened , my father had around this time come to the end of his distinguished service at Loughborough House with the death of his employer , Mr John Silvers , and had been at something of a loss for work and accommodation . |
| 36 | He was 6 years old and had been at the school for three terms when the head , knowing that I was a neighbour and friend of Balbinder 's mother , invited me to go with Mrs Singh to a meeting with the educational psychologist . |
| 37 | Alex , who had given me the cigarettes , was Scottish and had been at Lille for three days ; he had deserted from the Military Police in Germany , and thought that French food was nowhere as good as Glaswegian . |
| 38 | First she 'd learned that her grandmother , whom she adored , was dangerously ill , and had been at her bedside ever since . |
| 39 | Mr Jones said the NSA was fortunate in having Mr John Gittins and his family as hosts because they had been a pioneer of land improvement , while recognising the importance of conservation , and had been at the forefront in developing new commercial crossbred sheep which have proved a boon for Welsh farmers and their market awareness . |
| 40 | Economically , of course , it had never ceased and had been to both countries ' benefit . |
| 41 | Every Sunday on our way back from church , we 'd call on Mrs Wright , whose son was a Schools Inspector and had been to Cambridge . |
| 42 | On that afternoon of Tuesday , 31 August , McQueen 's daughter served them tea ; she wore a print linen dress , and had been to Inverness for a year 's education in reading , writing , sewing , knotting , lace- and pastry-making . |
| 43 | He was drinking like a fish , and had been for weeks . |
| 44 | A recent divorce petition cited the fact that just about every wall , fitment and piece of furniture in the home was in a half-dismantled or half-done state and had been for years . |
| 45 | The initial impetus came from the Managing Director of one of the largest of the Harris Tweed manufacturers — the son of a crofter and himself a fisherman in his early days The Association was , however , given its distinctive shape and its constitution by the first chairman , Rev. Ian Carmichael , a Gaelic-speaker from Lismore who was a minister in Stornoway at the time , and who had had considerable experience of welfare work in industry , and had been for some years vice convener of one of the largest local authorities in Scotland . |
| 46 | For instance , the single person 's National Insurance retirement pension in 1990 is worth 26 per cent more than unemployment benefit , whereas back in 1972 they were paid at the same rate and had been for most of the period since 1948 . |
| 47 | Every night was a milestone , and had been for the past fifteen years . |
| 48 | While there clearly was an ‘ objective ’ discontinuity of subject perspective between selective school mathematics and the practice of some segments , increasingly dominant within some countries , of university mathematics , and had been for some years , it again required interested actors , utilizing the climate of ‘ crisis ’ resulting from the campaign on teacher supply as a major resource , to enter various arenas in order to persuade others of the ‘ need ’ for change . |
| 49 | The powerful states of the time normally were empires , and had been for many centuries , though a few shadowy forerunners of the nation state could be seen by 1500 . |
| 50 | These limitation terms were incorporated in all contracts between seedsmen and farmers and had been for many years . |
| 51 | My suit case was ready packed and had been for the last week . |
| 52 | No , it was Marguerite Bryant now and had been for over fifteen years . |
| 53 | I knew only that it was dark , and had been for some while . |
| 54 | She was very tidy and had been as a child , she said ‘ I 'm obssessive ’ . |
| 55 | He was their paying guest and had been since that afternoon seven years ago when he had tracked Rachel Gebler down to her home in this seaside suburb close to the famous swimming beaches . |
| 56 | The necessity of constructing popular consent among the electorate was an important component of Conservative thought , and had been since extension of the franchise to sections of the urban working classes in 1867 . |
| 57 | So the Dimbleby company turned to TBF ( Printers ) Ltd , which was itself a company closely associated with ( same shareholdings , same management ) T. Bailey Forman Ltd , with whom the NUJ was engaged in a trade dispute and had been since 1979 . |
| 58 | Yet blind instinct told her that Rohan was her man , and had been since time began . |
| 59 | It was dark , and had been since mid-afternoon . |
| 60 | The call had been for Hank , and had been from one of his classmates , who said that he just wanted to inquire how Hank was . |