Example sentences of "be [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reports differed , however , as to whether the clashes had been between Uzbeks and Armenians , Tadjiks and Armenians , or Uzbeks and Tadjiks . |
| 2 | The legal dispute over the relics has been between Mr John Claridge , who excavated them in 1931 , and his niece , Mrs Georgina Smith , the daughter of his brother , Geoffrey , who died in 1986 . |
| 3 | Julia found herself wanting to get to know her better , quite certain by then that whatever there had been between Suvarov and Felicity while his first wife was alive it had not been the kind of affair David had assumed . |
| 4 | Whatever was or had been between Matthew and Jenny was not yet resolved , Sara realised from Jenny 's preoccupation with the man . |
| 5 | While visiting France the princess has been ‘ amused and smiling ’ about a sensational tape recording of a phone call said to have been between Charles and Camilla during which he said : ‘ I love you . |
| 6 | he said he 'd been through recently , oh every time I 've been through Wolverhampton that ring road 's been awful the traffic like |
| 7 | At about the same time as he issued his threat of deposition to all the abbots of Normandy , he ordered Anselm to send him his Monologion and Proslogion , perhaps initially for censure , and it may have been through Hugh that Gregory VII knew Anselm 's works . |
| 8 | Over the last 7 days , we 've been through India . |
| 9 | Access would have been through Southey Street , a narrow alleyway leading off the High Street close to the ‘ Crooked Billet ’ . |
| 10 | I 've been through Birkleigh ; it 's only a village . ’ |
| 11 | And er I can remember one day a driver , Len his name was and he er he said to the inspector , oh he says er I 've been through Corfe Junction he said at sixty miles an hour ! |
| 12 | ‘ I suppose , ’ he remarked drily , ‘ you have already been through Sir Ralph 's papers ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ If Frankie had already signed , then he would have been aboard Musicale today , ’ said Sangster . |
| 14 | ‘ I am for King Stephen . ’ |
| 15 | " Miriam , " she said instead , " I can not tell you how worried I am for Harry . |
| 16 | The original proposal had been for PR in the cities but this was opposed by Unionists who were concerned to protect the efficacy of the business vote ; Central Office also opposed the alternative vote when it was put forward in the debates , and the majority of Unionist MPs and the National Union never backed either system . |
| 17 | He went on , ‘ If it had n't been for Bertha sticking to her guns over the question of the house , I 'd have been married to Doreen by now — and that would have been a disaster . ’ |
| 18 | That first contract had been for America , and then came Russia , France , Italy , Germany , South America , the list is endless . |
| 19 | If it had not been for Adam 's quick eyes we might never have seen anything amiss . |
| 20 | There are old records for every month except August and September , but the records since 1946 have been for April ( one ) , May ( one ) , June ( two ) , October ( four ) , November ( 13 ) , and December ( one ) . |
| 21 | The intention at that time had been for Ian and myself to return to Uist by the ferry in the afternoon but the weather was so bad that the ferryman decided not to chance his luck in the storm . |
| 22 | In his pronouncements , science was no longer subordinate to theology in the way it had been for Roger Bacon , Thomas Aquinas , or Nicole Oresme . |
| 23 | We must never forget , mind , either you or me , if it had n't been for Mrs Aggie and her yard , God knows where we would have been at this minute . |
| 24 | If it had not been for Elizabeth taking her in off the streets and giving her a home , then Tilly 's own life would have been empty . |
| 25 | If it had n't of been for Steve 's car breaking down and him having |
| 26 | If it had n't been for Willie 's attentive expression he would have stopped . |
| 27 | The call had been for Hank , and had been from one of his classmates , who said that he just wanted to inquire how Hank was . |
| 28 | Had it not been for Helmut 's wealth and his travels , we should not have had anything like the variety of food Mme Guérigny put on her table . |
| 29 | ‘ The trend over time has been for Britain to become less important ( in US eyes ) than Europe as a collective , ’ Robert Hunter , vice-president of the Centre of Strategic and International Studies , told the Washington Times . |
| 30 | ‘ If it had not been for Tracy , I would not be a professional footballer any more . |