Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] [prep] oxford " in BNC.
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| 1 | Johnny Smart , who 'd been at Oxford with him and edited one of the university magazines , landed what seemed then an amazing job on the Evening Standard . |
| 2 | The first show I did was in Oxford . |
| 3 | This covered 69 judges of the Supreme Court , House of Lords and Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and showed that 76 per cent had attended ‘ major public schools ’ ( not further defined ) and the same percentage had been to Oxford or Cambridge . |
| 4 | Forty-six Law Lords had been to Oxford or Cambridge , seven to Scottish universities , four to Trinity College Dublin , two to London University ( one of whom had also been to Cambridge ) and one to Queen 's Belfast . |
| 5 | She had been to Oxford . |
| 6 | Since Dysart too had been to Oxford , it was possible that by taking Morpurgo on at Tyler 's Hard he had merely been doing an old chum a favour . |
| 7 | Edward Burne-Jones , who had been at Oxford with Morris and then shared a London house with him , was a regular visitor . |
| 8 | Sixteen had been at Oxford or Cambridge , as had the Prime Minister . |
| 9 | The University of California at Santa Barbara first attempted to headhunt Prof Cheetham , who had been at Oxford University for 26 years , in 1989 . |
| 10 | He too had been at Oxford , studying Science , and he was another of the twelve prize recruits who marched away from the City of Dreaming Spires . |
| 11 | In turn , Eleanor introduced her to someone else , a young woman named Mary Hammond-Heath , who had been at Oxford with Eleanor , and who was not much interested in being married . |
| 12 | And once he had been at Oxford , she said . |
| 13 | Tracey Cole had been at Oxford University for just eight days when her body was found in her study bedroom at Oxford University . |