Example sentences of "[vb past] been [noun] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 'd been friends for 30 years but ‘ discovered ’ each other when Misia became a widow . |
| 2 | They 'd been friends for some time when I first knew them but I did n't realise how long . |
| 3 | They 'd been lovers for some time , apparently . |
| 4 | There 'd been photographs of these people 's faces in the newspapers , but Stephen had forgotten what the faces looked like . |
| 5 | They 'd been almost-friends for six years . |
| 6 | Although most of the new recruits to Kharkov 's metallurgical plants in 1914–17 had been ex-peasants from western Ukraine , there was no danger of nationalist sentiment ousting the Bolsheviks from the city . |
| 7 | There had been publicity for occasional outbursts of violence and bad language or for shocking displays of sexuality , but there had never really been a significant breakthrough in terms of outspoken social statement . |
| 8 | As could be anticipated , those who had been tenants for several years , and therefore qualified for bigger discounts , were over-represented among the purchasers . |
| 9 | Not that those centuries had been times of uninterrupted peace . |
| 10 | The big American computer users — such as Boeing and General Motors — which had been pioneers of intra-company networks , were also natural supporters of OSI . |
| 11 | Mitsuzuka , 63 , had been Minister of Foreign Affairs until Kaifu 's election in August 1989 [ see p. 36849 ] . |
| 12 | Velichko had been Minister of Heavy Machine Building . |
| 13 | It was apparent that there had been money at all periods except the most modem , and taste at some . |
| 14 | A hundred and fifty Bulmers workers from the distribution depot near the fire were evacuated to safety.And a roll call was taken to make sure no one else had been hurt.Meanwhile as fifty firefighters fought the flames , there was another explosion which hurled a sixty ton oil tank high into the air.It crashed down onto a fire engine : |
| 15 | They had been friends for two years , best friends Jessica might have said , with her formal , respectable private education in County Down , but some of their actions and their attitudes were miles apart , centuries , planets . |
| 16 | I asked Pat if it had been love at first sight . |
| 17 | The way you looked at him and how he was continually glancing at you told me it had been love at first sight . ’ |
| 18 | For her , it had been love at first sight . |
| 19 | Another book on Burma , published in 1945 , was The Burma We Love , by U Kyaw Min , ICS , who had been secretary to three Premiers of Burma in turn , Dr Ba Maw , U Pu and U Saw , before the evacuation . |
| 20 | The cow , worth thousands of pounds , had been champion of several shows and was due to appear at the National Dairy Event in Warwickshire next weekend . |
| 21 | Peter had been Head of External Affairs at Easton House since 1986 , and through his work with the Institute 's Technical Advisory Committee has done much to raise our standing with the Government and the media . |
| 22 | He had been Head of Modern Languages since 1920 , and was due to retire in five months ' time . |
| 23 | Mohammed Hussein Tantawi Sulayman , who succeeded Youssef Sabry Abu Taleb as Defence Minister , had been head of military operations of the Egyptian contingent in the Gulf war , and his appointment was seen as a reward , as was that of Gen. Salah Halabi , commander of the Egyptian contingent , as Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces . |
| 24 | After we had been at school for about three years Arnold Hodson , who had been Consul in Southern Abyssinia , was staying with us at the beginning of the holidays . |
| 25 | In 1279 the purely clerical assemblies of both provinces made a grant to the king towards the cost of the Welsh wars , but again only after there had been discussion in diocesan assemblies . |
| 26 | Sir Edmund found there had been cases of physical ill-treatment such as wall-standing , hooding , noise , deprivation of sleep , and diets of bread and water . |
| 27 | As recently as 1985 , there had been signs of greater even-handedness on the part of the RUC , reflected in more frequent prosecutions of Protestants for ‘ insurgency offences ’ . |
| 28 | On the supply side , there had been underinvestment in many areas of primary production for some years . |
| 29 | Spencer 's conduct at the new Debtors ' Prison in Whitecross Street , where in 1828 he had been keeper for six years , was the subject of a Memorial from James Neild 's Thatched House Society to the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen of the City of London . |
| 30 | There had been difficulties with local planning officials . |