Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] with [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So she would tell herself when she was sick and retching and dizzy , in a week or two , as she 'd been with Liam . |
| 2 | Rory knew because he 'd been with mum once when they 'd met Lachy and a woman in the street in Lochgilphead . |
| 3 | Buzz remembered Nurse Evans , who 'd been with Nell in Ward C at La Chapelle ; after the war , Evans had worked in one of those rich bins before she 'd married a Lutheran minister and gone to live in Scotland . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | David Harper , from Uckington , no relation to the twins , who 'd been with Rebecca , and Wisdom Smith , who was with Emma , both told the police they 'd jumped from bales of blazing straw . |
| 6 | I 'd been with Francis three years , living in his house , sleeping in his bed , caring for our child . |
| 7 | He had been with UNACO now for three years and although he still suffered from bouts of homesickness he never allowed those feelings to interfere with his work . |
| 8 | Hugh had been with NLS for some nine years but unfortunately developed a heart condition which left him unable to drive at work . |
| 9 | He has not been helped by this shyness ( he had been with Essex for three years when Keith Fletcher asked if anyone had heard the young Gooch speak ) and it has led to misrepresentation . |
| 10 | He has not been helped by this shyness ( he had been with Essex for three years when Keith Fletcher asked if anyone had heard the young Gooch speak ) and it has led to misrepresentation . |
| 11 | I found this strange as apart from 3 years at Leeds , he had been with Sheffield United for 5 years . |
| 12 | Hugh was 62 years ' old and had been with Douglas Reyburn for 28 years . |
| 13 | For three years he had been with Jesus and heard his teaching — that he was bound to suffer , to die and to be raised from the dead . |
| 14 | Mrs MacIllarry and her two children , aged 2 and 4 , had been with Mrs Smith when she was shot . |
| 15 | He had been with Sandford since he was a boy and spoke adequate English . |
| 16 | They had been followed into the hall by the young man who had been with Dom João on the quay , and Sara felt that other eyes were watching from half-open doors . |
| 17 | Terry had been with Fontaine in Beirut . |
| 18 | And the change had been with Pamela , not with him . |
| 19 | Several of the deals had been with Bill Coleby : ‘ Got 2/6 off Coleby for Yugoslav note worth 1s ’ was one which Peter did not remember . |
| 20 | He had been with Gene Amdahl 's Andor America Inc . |
| 21 | Fields had spent some months , and a modest amount of money , examining the feasibility of a new transatlantic airline ; he had approached several key figures who had been with Laker Airways and solicited their interest ; he had begun to make enquiries about purchasing an aircraft . |
| 22 | Even as the company got bigger , the familial atmosphere on which Virgin had been built in the early Seventies stayed strong , a flame that was kept alight by those who had been with Virgin since the earliest days , until it became a myth , self-perpetuating and strong enough to touch any newcomer to the organisation , strong enough to have even Richard Branson in its grip . |
| 23 | I thought she was a vexing girl , and judged that Byron thought the same ; but he was a lot more patient with her than he had been with Polidori . |
| 24 | Two of these Mrs Rose could trace but the third had been with Crabb when they said goodbye and was not amongst his personal possessions returned to Crabb 's mother by ‘ Smith ’ . |
| 25 | It was all so much easier , somehow , than it had been with Christopher . |
| 26 | The magic was every bit as exciting the second time around as it had been with William . |
| 27 | He had been with Liddie through the various pre-natal classes , lying on the floor with her and learning the breathing exercises . |
| 28 | Indeed , because I had been with giants for so long , I had forgotten that my countrymen were as small as me . |
| 29 | George Wing had been with Hay ever since they met at 1660 Heavy Bomber Conversion Unit . |
| 30 | He had been with UNACO for two years and , despite his maverick tendencies , he was widely regarded by his peers as the best field operative in the organization . |