Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] [vb past] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to deny he 'd been to the village at first , but when I told him I 'd watched his every move he said he 'd gone for toothpaste and avoided our constables because he did n't think they 'd allow him to go out . ’ |
| 2 | I 'd forgotten you 'd been in it . ’ |
| 3 | The first time he 'd seen her had been at Dave 's , and Dave had kept a possessive arm round her all evening , warning others away . |
| 4 | Since he had a lady so much more deserving than myself , I could have wished I had been of his sex and then there never would have been a more perfect friendship . |
| 5 | ‘ I would n't have known you 'd been in computers . ’ |
| 6 | The outcome ( perhaps this would have happened whoever had been at the Ministry of Labour ) was that most of the principal figures of the Government devoted a good part of their time to assisting Steel-Maitland in his job . |
| 7 | The last time 29 year-old Simon Wadland 's family heard from him was a week ago , when he called to say he 'd been in an accident outside a Banbury Bank and was going to the local hospital . |
| 8 | Adam would have to admit he had been in the wrong , had been extremely negligent , criminally careless really , in allowing any Tom , Dick and Harry access to Wyvis Hall . |
| 9 | I lay in bed that night , trying to remember what had been in the bag . |
| 10 | Blanche thought she detected a flicker of self-satisfaction , as though she had confirmed what had been for him until then just a suspicion . |
| 11 | Half the drivers surveyed said they 'd been in a skid … most reckon they can handle one |