Example sentences of "[noun sg] they [vb past] been [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the middle of an argument they 'd been at home . |
| 2 | They 'd never been to Blackpool , last year they 'd been to Spain |
| 3 | By the time they had been to make-up , and tramped back up the stairs to have another drink , a definite uneasiness was beginning to settle over the whole company . |
| 4 | For part if the time they had been in support of another Engineer regiment for joint river crossing operations , and on one occasion had carried infantrymen over a one-kilometre-wide stretch of the Weser , using their rigs as landing craft . |
| 5 | As far as Comfort knew , they had returned to the States for the duration , although in fact they had been in London for part of the time , working for the Free French , and back in France for most of the rest . |