Example sentences of "[vb past] be [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The equipment which saved Ray was bought by the Thame business United Biscuits , and some of the staff who contributed were also at the pub today to meet the man who owes his life to their generosity . |
| 2 | The sections used were shortly after junctions 2 , 4 , 17 and 39 . |
| 3 | Now , the means whereby the standards of the higher courses , devised by the new polytechnics , could be validated and monitored were also at hand , with the Council for National Academic Awards ( CNAA ) , granted its Royal Charter in 1964 , and charged with ensuring that the courses approved by it were of a standard at least equivalent to similar courses in the universities . |
| 4 | Much of the indebtedness of these middle-income countries arose through borrowings in private sector capital markets , mainly the euro-currency markets , and although it was feared that the banks involved were seriously at risk it is becoming clear that rescheduling of debt by the banks with the debtor countries has been possible . |
| 5 | We had already settled for Peru when Terry rang , but the vision he described was far from encouraging : Lima a cauldron of unrest and theft , the hills in the hands of ‘ Sendero , ’ the country on the edge of collapse . |
| 6 | That particular stretch of the motorway is in is very very busy , where he stopped was just round a fairly blind right hand bend and traffic was approaching that at their normal lane three speed , and they were faced with a stationery vehicle . |
| 7 | There was little vocal participation by the people in the Mass , and such music as they used was generally in the context of other services or ‘ devotions ’ . |
| 8 | The change that occurred was mostly before the Act , either despite the war or hindered by war conditions . |
| 9 | William always went that step further into life 's nightmares , and he 'd been closer to it , to start with . |
| 10 | She 'd been here on Friday , and he had n't ! |
| 11 | They 'd been here on holiday , enjoying a lifestyle worlds apart from the one they endure in Russia . |
| 12 | They 'd been here on holiday , enjoying a lifestyle worlds apart from the one they endure in Russia . |
| 13 | The nationality rule was a beautiful get-out for them , but I only had a few months to go before I 'd been here for ten years and would have been entitled to fight for the title . |
| 14 | They were a striking couple — tall , slim and very , very pale against old hands who 'd been here for days or even weeks . |
| 15 | He 'd been here for forty-odd years , so he was the chap behind me , if you like . |
| 16 | Why , it was almost half-past ten , yet there was no Ace , nor any signs that he 'd been downstairs before her . |
| 17 | I 'd been away for the weekend to a little shack a hundred miles away . |
| 18 | ‘ Only that you could n't help the police very much because you 'd been away for a couple of days , ’ said Melissa . |
| 19 | ‘ Because Shiva , his father , who 'd been away for a long time , found him in the wife 's bedroom on his return and assumed that he was her toyboy . |
| 20 | I done it to I done it to Russell one night messing around and he told the girls in work I 'd been away for the weekend and he 'd had somebody else there honest to God he did ! |
| 21 | and he 'd been away for three months so that you know I mean |
| 22 | He 'd been away at the time of the murder but if , as seemed likely , he 'd been having an affair with Angy … suppose he was married and his wife had found out , and taken the opportunity while her husband was absent to do away with her rival ? |
| 23 | I 'd been away after that before I came to the electricity works here . |
| 24 | Within an hour of sitting down at my old desk , reading through my old files and shouting at my not so old secretary I felt as if I 'd been away from work for maybe just a week 's holiday . |
| 25 | But when we moved in here , because I 'd been away from him for five months and I 'd learned to cope for myself , I started standing up for myself and he did n't like it . |
| 26 | No , we had no accidents , the only one I had was er when I 'd been right to the top , with the other crane an and it was a long shop , and everyone had done with me during the morning , so I hoisted the crane up , pulled it in towards me and set myself going down the shop , put it in full speed . |
| 27 | He 'd been right about Bryce . |
| 28 | I 'd seen no sign of Mala , but I had n't expected it , since she 'd been right about us being less obvious if we were apart . |
| 29 | How could she confess that they 'd been right about Ryan ? |
| 30 | He 'd been right about the shelter of the hedge . |