Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [been] [adv] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All she could think of was that they 'd all been in on this — a kind of family Mafia , working behind the scenes to make sure that Lucenzo ended up with everything , his empire untouched . |
| 2 | We 'd never been apart from each other for more than two weeks when I was arrested . |
| 3 | He just disappeared , as if he 'd never been there at all . |
| 4 | He had always been so against any kind of what he called ‘ gobbledygook ’ . |
| 5 | By now they were in Piccadilly Circus , anonymous among the largest crowd Sally-Anne had ever been in without some sort of companion to protect her , or to look out for her . |
| 6 | It had probably been there for some time ! |
| 7 | The doctor , who had now been there for some time , and was looking at his watch , had been explaining . |
| 8 | But now that she came to think of it she had never been out to any sort of meal with John . |
| 9 | The composition by age of children in children 's homes had always included some adolescents but they had never been together in such large numbers before . |