Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [been] [adj] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Emilia Frere had been right after all . |
| 2 | What stories he had beaten the great Stanford Roberts on , or even whether Stanford Roberts had been great after all ? |
| 3 | He claimed that the military significance of Porkkala for the USSR had been similar to that of Guantanamo for the United States . |
| 4 | Owen had been conscious for some time of growing movement in the courtyard below . |
| 5 | The Brockwells had been present for all the evidence at the Palais de Justice in Paris . |
| 6 | They laughed and called each other foul names , and Hopper cleared off to Peru to begin filming The Last Movie , with an assembled group of friends who included Peter Fonda , Jim Mitchum and Michelle Phillips , of the pop group Mamas & Papas , whose former husband John Phillips had been involved in some bitter activity to gain custody of their child . |
| 7 | Albert Spanswick had been right on that and the hard men of his committee quite wrong . |
| 8 | Levack had been involved in several big contracts , including the Johnstone by-pass , a joint venture on the M74 with Edmund Nuttall and reconstruction of Rothesay Pier , all of which are now completed . |
| 9 | MGM had been responsible for some of the worst quota quickie outrages , and its new willingness to finance British-based production was the result of legislative changes which brought American companies deeper into British film production . |
| 10 | Ripa De Meana had been involved in several conflicts with the UK government over such as issues as drinking water and clean beach standards and various transport projects [ see pp. 38544 ; R132 ] . |
| 11 | The beginning of term trip to Keswick had been successful despite few numbers . |
| 12 | But it was impossible to forget entirely the rumours that William had been involved with some very undesirable people over the last few years . |
| 13 | Elizabeth had been unprepared for such a dramatic change . |
| 14 | America had been amazed for some months by stories of U.S. prisoners of war in Korea who had ‘ gone over to Communism ’ . |
| 15 | When they reached Etaples and had pitched their tents for the night , Charlie decided that perhaps the gymnasium in Edinburgh had been luxury after all . |
| 16 | Kronweiser had been right after all . |
| 17 | Henry had been involved in many of these discussions , had indeed had a pint with Dave Sprott to debate the issue , but when Elinor put the question to him he saw , suddenly , how he could not only perform a helpful , neighbourly act , and another last tribute , but also serve something that would , in all senses of the word , Finish 'Em . |
| 18 | So , after travelling half round Christendom , this small problem finally had an acceptable solution , and Anselm had been right after all , against the views of both pope and Curia . |