Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [vb past] [been] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However long they had been in Wimbledon , the suburb had not yet managed to curb their enthusiasm . |
| 2 | Whenever I had been in London I had visited the Natural History Museum and Rowland Ward 's taxidermist shop in Piccadilly , where there was always a fascinating collection of heads , skins and mounted specimens . |
| 3 | By now I had been in Brobdingnag for about two years . |
| 4 | Simultaneously we had been in touch with Sir Hubert and had discovered that he did indeed give an interview to the representative in London and had spoken ‘ off the cuff ’ to quite an extent but not justifying the outright statement attributed to him . |
| 5 | Since Miss Broome 's parents were both dead , it could never be known how it had been in life . |
| 6 | So she ran through those utterly devastating transformations when she had been In Love , desperately seeking patterns , pointers — digging for something to bring back her joy , her I will survive . |