Example sentences of "and [vb past] [been] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The libretto , which had been lying in his drawer for years , had been written by a M. Frontenac , who had known Alain-Fournier personally , and had been under the spell of his novel since it first appeared in 1913 . |
| 2 | For a long time now Luce had been a great admirer of Peter Sebastian 's work , and had been over the moon when she 'd been approached and offered this wonderful opportunity . |
| 3 | The employee was married and had been with a savings bank in a small town for more than 26 years . |
| 4 | Answers to questions about their fellow workers ' reactions when they heard the news of planned redundancies suggested a difference in attitude between some of those who were close to pension age and had been with the company for long periods and other workers . |
| 5 | She 'd accompanied Chicot on several sorties against Nazi occupation troops , and had been with the gang on a daring bank raid . |
| 6 | The man was a fellow-American and had been on a tour of European branches for the previous three days . |
| 7 | Arthur Skyrne was 59 and had been on the dole for ten years when he joined Roseberry ; now he is site safety officer and one of the directors of the company . |
| 8 | Given the previous level of set-net effort , however , the population was probably originally much larger , and had been on the decrease for many years , at least since the rapid expansion of set-net use in the mid 1970s . |
| 9 | He was 6 years old and had been at the school for three terms when the head , knowing that I was a neighbour and friend of Balbinder 's mother , invited me to go with Mrs Singh to a meeting with the educational psychologist . |
| 10 | Mr Jones said the NSA was fortunate in having Mr John Gittins and his family as hosts because they had been a pioneer of land improvement , while recognising the importance of conservation , and had been at the forefront in developing new commercial crossbred sheep which have proved a boon for Welsh farmers and their market awareness . |
| 11 | She was very tidy and had been as a child , she said ‘ I 'm obssessive ’ . |
| 12 | First , Father Reynard had secretly admired Lady Eleanor and had been near the Galilee Gate the night she had died . |
| 13 | The United States ' amicus brief tried , unconvincingly , to demonstrate that both these forms of procedure should be regarded , and had been by the drafters of the Convention , as forms of ‘ service abroad ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ A friend of mine owned the studio and had been in the music industry a long time and was amazed that this 16-year-old had the whole production idea worked out in her head . ’ |
| 15 | Lesley 's elder brother Dave , 34 , said last night : ‘ She had always wanted to be in uniform and had been in the Wrens . |
| 16 | The body was badly decomposed and had been in the water for a long time . |
| 17 | He was 35 , married with 2 children and had been in the brigade for 11 years . |