Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now he 's happier , I think , than he 'd been for a long time . |
| 2 | They 'd been for a meal and they came to the flat and they rung us to say they were there . |
| 3 | Cos they 'd been for a meal on the way as well ! |
| 4 | I 'd been over the pub at dinnertime . |
| 5 | He 'd been over the limit , they 'd said , when he 'd crashed his BMW , and there could have been no sympathy whatsoever for him from the relatives of the woman killed in the other car . |
| 6 | They 'd been to the hospital , and they 'd been over the flat so I said to them well pop the blankets on and come over here then and have your supper and go back . |
| 7 | She 'd been under a spell — she must have been . |
| 8 | For heaven 's sake , she 'd been under a bit of strain of late , so what was more natural than that , having at last met the man she had been at pains to meet — actually being out walking with him , and on such a lovely sharp but sunny day — she should — er — relax a little ? |
| 9 | He 'd been under the ice , under the water , for ten minutes or more . |
| 10 | But common sense , coupled with the prospect of the time and paperwork involved in interviewing the hundred or so people who 'd been through the Cookery and Refreshment Tent during the past few hours finally defeated his hope for personal glory through brilliant deduction . |
| 11 | The iron grey , Tero , got by because her coat was almost black , but Maldita was so dazzlingly white , except for a sprinkling of rust-brown freckles on her belly , that she looked as though she 'd been through the car wash . |
| 12 | I 'd been through the trauma of losing a house once before and I knew how demoralizing and degrading it is . |
| 13 | He said they 'd been through the a the er interview process and they 've chosen who they want . |
| 14 | And there was a a a a lad who was about a couple of years older than me , he 'd be about twenty three , he 'd been through the War and er he was a real revolutionary , he was re and and he was very intelligent . |
| 15 | I suggested that help might come from friends who 'd been through the same scenario , or from genuinely sympathetic relatives ( but not critical ones ! ) . |
| 16 | Back in 1988 though , none of the above was known to this actress , who fancied herself as a serious artist who 'd been through the portals of the National and the RSC , albeit coming quickly out the other side , and whose biggest ambition was a ) to perfect a stage yawn , b ) to trim her inner thighs , and c ) to fry a perfect fishball . |
| 17 | Yeah er cover was the one that , after we 'd been through the document , I did find of be of particular interest |
| 18 | Rachel suddenly felt she 'd been through an emotional wringer . |
| 19 | It was an ignoble , unworthy thought , he knew , but he was — now , anyway — only human , and therefore prey to human weaknesses , whatever sort of superhuman he 'd been during the War . |
| 20 | This , of course , delighted the child and every night she stood in the wings performing everybody 's act with them , and even at the end of two shows , she was as bright in the dressing room as she 'd been at the overture . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , I just thought he 'd been at the whisky even more than usual , and ignored him . |
| 22 | I remember that luncheon with Basil absolutely perfectly , and that I 'd been at the National Gallery or the Tate , and I had a postcard with me of one of those primitive paintings , naïve paintings , of a cricket match they still have postcards of it . |
| 23 | He 'd been at the wrong end when a small company went bust in the city . |
| 24 | Andy told me Howie and another two locals jumped a couple of travellers who 'd been at the party as well . |
| 25 | Erm that probably because they 'd been at the bottom so long , er it did n't appear that there was |
| 26 | The truth of it was that he was even less certain of her now than he 'd been at the beginning ; how she thought , the way she might react as the world around her changed . |
| 27 | ‘ After I 'd been at the shop roughly eighteen months — that was in August 1914 — the Great War broke out ; and as two of our workmen joined the armed forces I had more or less to be pushed on . |
| 28 | I mean we hardly went into another shop and yet , you see , we have a young chappie like yourself who comes to the Guild once every year and shows us slides of old Walsall , Walsall Wood , Aldridge , the local area , and he said I 'm not very good Ruth at talking but he he 'd got the slides you know , and it , it used to end up with me doing the commentary on Walsall Wood , because you stand on the of Walsall Wood , which is there now , and your Co-op was right on the corner which is why I call it the corner store and you see people congregated there , people met there and when I 'd been accused of the , we 'd been at the college or at other conferences and why ca n't we get Guild members today , well that was the breeding ground your shop , you see . |
| 29 | ‘ T is how I learned that you 'd been at the castle . |
| 30 | I felt like a Run , so I left my jacket near the Pole I 'd been at the day Diggs had come with the news , and tucked the catapult tightly between my cords and my belt . |