Example sentences of "[vb infin] [been] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a time , no doubt — it must have been before 1948 , when the United Kingdom itself abolished allegiance as the basis of citizenship — when the pretence of daughter monarchies around the globe was harmless and even arguably beneficial . |
| 2 | New boys , however grand they may have been before entering the House , go to the back of the queue . |
| 3 | Although the justices were entitled to receive hearsay evidence in support of the application under section 92(2) of the Children Act 1989 , if psychiatric opinions were available , they should have been before the court in full by way of a report and/or direct evidence . |
| 4 | If the remedies provided in England were of universal application then it is clear that this appeal would not have been before your Lordships . |
| 5 | Oh that 's er , I would say about nineteen forty roughly I 'd say about nineteen forty that came in , might have been before that . |
| 6 | It is easy to forget that the majority of the people living on earth still lived and died where they had been born , or , more precisely , that their movements were no greater or no different from what they would have been before the Industrial Revolution . |
| 7 | he 'd have been before her would n't he ? |
| 8 | No it must have been before nineteen eighty . |