Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] have been [adj] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vron confirmed that she had been good at art as a schoolgirl , often praised by her art master . |
| 2 | Vron confirmed that she had been good at art as a schoolgirl , often praised by her art master . |
| 3 | It was in this way that my friend confided in me when she dreamed , with great clarity , that she had been present at her own funeral gathering . |
| 4 | Davies added that she had been present at a phone conversation in December when Doyle had assured one of the players that all $300,000 of the prizemoney was ‘ in the bank . ’ |
| 5 | She admitted that she had been thrilled at the idea of being alone with him , but all he was going to do was be stiffly silent . |
| 6 | Although he had been late at Emma Chisholm 's dinner party last week , he had seemed perfectly sober , but you could never tell with alcoholics . |
| 7 | Within six days , on 3 May 1862 , the young boy died , Benjamin declaring as he applied for a certificate that he had been present at the death . |
| 8 | I do hope that each and everyone has been hard at work encouraging your class members to renew their membership and getting new class members to join the Society . |
| 9 | Alfonso was rumoured to have said , ‘ If I had been present at the Creation , I would have given some useful hints for the better arrangement of the Universe . ’ |
| 10 | There was only one big road to cross , but it had a zebra crossing and she had been road-safe at Phoebe 's insistence for years . |
| 11 | Q Our daughter is nearly three and she 's been dry at night for over a year , but recently she 's started to wet the bed at night . |
| 12 | You liked it , if you 've been active at all you 'd want to know what 's going on . |
| 13 | Vision moves to and fro between the vessels , setting up a visual and , if one has been long at sea , an emotional tension between them . |
| 14 | ‘ The bag is gone forever but I have been able at least to recover this . ’ |
| 15 | I 've not watched any videos or television all day because I 've been hard at work . |
| 16 | After all , just because she had been unaccompanied at Emma 's house , just because she had accepted his invitation to dinner , did not mean that she was unattached . |
| 17 | And in the years of glut there is always a slatted wooden tray in some cool , dark attic , which the writer nervously visits from time to time ; and yes , oh dear , while he 's been hard at work downstairs , up in the attic there are puckering skins , warning spots , a sudden brown collapse and the sprouting of snowflakes . |
| 18 | Much play was made of the fact that , since he had been present at the murder of John , duke of Burgundy , at Montereau he could not properly and worthily inherit the throne , from which he was now excluded . |
| 19 | Muriel held the broad shoulders and was surprised at the strangeness of the proximity , just as she had been surprised at the sight of Delia 's loosened hair some weeks before . |