Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv] [been] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brittany had long since been in some way subject to Normandy . |
| 2 | I got on the vehicle but the driver had not long been in fourth gear when I came to my senses . |
| 3 | A lot of the women whose benefit was cut off were back on our books again a few weeks later — which suggested either that their relationships had not really been like that of husband and wife , or that our intrusion had broken up what might have become a more lasting union . |
| 4 | They had hardly ever been in this house belonging to Nicholas , and never since it received its new mistress . |
| 5 | She had n't always been like that — at least , not when I first knew her . |
| 6 | And it occurred to him that it had almost always been like that : he the serious and thoughtful one , and the one he loved mostly careless and unconcerned . |
| 7 | She had seen none of this glamorous life ; she had seldom even been to smart restaurants , let alone banquets and star-studded receptions . |
| 8 | He talked about the town , how he had never before been to this part of the country , how he had never before been to this part of the country , how one day soon he must try to get out on the moor . |
| 9 | He talked about the town , how he had never before been to this part of the country , how he had never before been to this part of the country , how one day soon he must try to get out on the moor . |