Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] [vb past] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maggie realized she 'd been in the wrong . |
| 2 | The judge said that Alan Murray claimed he had been in the welfare section of the UVF but he said : ‘ Membership of any proscribed organisation is a most serious matter . ’ |
| 3 | Endill learnt he had been in the army but was told to leave after forgetting who he was fighting for . |
| 4 | Dr McGarry claimed it had been in response to the earlier statement and he welcomed the decision . |
| 5 | ‘ Parul knew he had been with other women and they rowed about it . |
| 6 | Rain said she had been into the studio but not the flat . |
| 7 | His mother Diane and girlfriend Donna Williams said he had been at home with them . |
| 8 | Over the months Jay found she liked being around Lucy , enjoyed desiring her and doing nothing about it . |
| 9 | Livingstone said he had been at home at the time of the trouble while Hardy said he watched the disturbance , although he did not throw anything . |
| 10 | The Membership List revealed he 'd been in his present parish for six years , was unmarried , had written a book , The Railways of Norfolk , 1890 to 1940 , published by Jarrolds , and was , in addition to being Vicar of St Clements Bestwick , chaplain to the Sisters of St Sylvester , East Soken , near Diss . |
| 11 | As for HMS United she had been on station at the rendezvous ; but as it is barely possible to see a 10,000 tonner at 400 yards on a rough night there is little chance of seeing the recognition signals from a canoe when these torch or RG beams are a mere four feet ( just over a metre ) at arm 's length above the waves . |
| 12 | Connolly denied the charges but the court heard that swabs taken from his hands indicated he had been in contact with explosives and that he was found in possession of a key to the front door of the second house . |
| 13 | Andrea McKemsley said she 'd been in the takeaway on the night David Nock died . |
| 14 | Although no evidence had been found that Gnassingbe had been present during the attack , the report said he had been at the scene of the attack " immediately beforehand " . |
| 15 | ‘ The programme notes said you 'd been in Cats . ’ |
| 16 | But one worker confirmed they had been in the office and seemed to be completely genuine . |
| 17 | The evil wind that bombed Manhattan 's World Trade Center nevertheless blew some good to the disaster recovery specialists : SunGard Data Systems Inc says it has been contacted by four subscriber companies seeking disaster recovery services following the blast — two in Four World Trade Center , one in Two World Trade Center and one in One World Trade Center ; and Comdisco Inc said it is providing disaster recovery services to three financial services companies hit by the blast , while IBM Corp 's disaster recovery unit said it had been in touch with ‘ a lot ’ of its customers , but that so far none of its customers had had to declare their workplaces to be disaster areas . |
| 18 | The watchmaker confirmed he 'd been with him at two . |
| 19 | Coun Russell said there had been at least two deaths in bedsit fires in Chester in recent years . |