Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] been [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Usher she had been top dog . |
| 2 | Not that you 'd know they 'd been most days . |
| 3 | They say they have been innocent victims in a crime for which the law says they must also be punished . |
| 4 | If Vitor believed her to have been three months pregnant in Adelaide , then he believed she had already been pregnant when they had made love ! |
| 5 | ‘ The Doctor says it 's been three years for you , ’ the Professor said . |
| 6 | I do n't think she 's been five times to my house in all the time I 've lived there , now in the early days er she said that when it , hang on , she said she 'd never come down cos she did n't like er |
| 7 | For as long as I can remember it 's been that way . ’ |
| 8 | Gin er was that er Alderman , the old gentleman , the older alderman , you know he 's been dead years now from , and erm they were very good . |
| 9 | Forgotten , or decided it had been idle talk , a vow impossible to realise . |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't suppose it 's been much help . ’ |
| 11 | Where computer systems have been investigated they have been large mainframe systems . |
| 12 | Yeah , I was gon na give you a ring to say it 's been this way , pick them up |
| 13 | But erm you know I 've , I 've but she said he 's been right sort of |
| 14 | He had just glanced at his wristwatch , to discover that Cunningham 's arrival still lay approximately two replays of Little Brown Jug in the future , when a woman slid onto the next bar-stool to his and said : ‘ Hello , Harry , ’ in a tone of husky confidence which suggested they had been lifelong friends . |
| 15 | ‘ As you can imagine it has been total panic but fortunately the suppliers have been very co-operative and we will be ready . ’ |