Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They came up to view Heidi 's riding display then I went back with them and Vicki and Malcolm diverted from Barford on the Sunday where they 'd been for lunch and picked me up Sunday afternoon the sort of following weekend . |
| 2 | Yeah and I said to her erm , and she said I do n't know how it came out about her son in the fire service , oh I know she 'd just come back from Orlando , cos she 'd been off work having had a hysterectomy and she had three week 's leave due to her |
| 3 | Helen did n't help herself or increase the possibility of peace on earth by saying she 'd been at Dad 's Chislehurst gig . |
| 4 | Ever since we 'd been at university together , I 'd known him as a bit of a shower freak , staying in there for ages . |
| 5 | ‘ She 'd been at work , she said , when she went into labour . |
| 6 | After he 'd been at Mandru for a while , Lucien learned that Mandru had refused to have any more boys from Por Tanssie after his last purchase from that academy had committed suicide . |
| 7 | He 'd been at school with Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen . |
| 8 | If I 'd been at school I think I 'd have wanted to leave at Easter . |
| 9 | I really enjoyed having a tutor and I learned more than if I 'd been at school . |
| 10 | This was the middle of an argument they 'd been at home . |
| 11 | Erm and at that ti but other than that , mind you I su I suppose that if , if I 'd been at home I should have probably been expected to be in , but I do n't think I should have been locked out . |
| 12 | ‘ So you would , if you 'd been at home , ’ Roman rapped , his quietness discarded for an anger that made Claudia shiver . |
| 13 | If she 'd been at home and beset by devils like this , she would most likely have gone for a walk . |
| 14 | Mrs Clinton replied that she 'd been at college with him and they 'd had a very close relationship . |
| 15 | Did he tell you that he 'd been at flat I mean years before or near the date of this or what ? |
| 16 | Rory knew because he 'd been with mum once when they 'd met Lachy and a woman in the street in Lochgilphead . |
| 17 | But she simply ignored him as she always had and began to practise with the yellow-haired vibrancer who 'd been with Jeopardy in Mandru 's salon on the morning Lucien had met the master . |
| 18 | I was suicidal , one day I 'd been on top of the world |
| 19 | Or if you 'd been on holiday . ’ |
| 20 | I th I think they 'd been on holiday and , she took ill on the holiday and , and came erm , she was stopping at erm , Edith 's and er it happened then . |
| 21 | One of the managers that come in and he 'd been on holiday for two weeks , but he knew ! |
| 22 | And when she 'd driven Billy , a pimply second-year , up to my hall of residence at the start of his fourth or fifth term , I 'd been on hand to help them unload her Mercedes estate car . |
| 23 | She did n't remember anything like this the last time she 'd been on Earth . |
| 24 | I 'd been on duty in the Met Office since 8am , and managed to comb my hair and put on some lipstick before going straight down to the dance with June , one of the other Met Waafs . |
| 25 | Detective Sergeant Burgess went off to report to his Superintendent , and Redpath , who 'd been on duty since midnight , decided to try for a few hours ' sleep . |
| 26 | I mean , I did get work at his mill in the summer of ‘ forty I 'd been on t'dole for four years , since I left school — but he went into the RAF not long after , and I did n't see him again till late ‘ forty-six . |
| 27 | Er they 'd been to chapel with them , been to school with them , worked in other places with them , and it ended like it did . |
| 28 | Sergei 's bed had n't been slept in , and presumably he 'd been to bed with Masha . |
| 29 | I suppose ( now ) they 'd been to bed together . |
| 30 | I 'd been to sea for a few years . |