Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Johnny Smart , who 'd been at Oxford with him and edited one of the university magazines , landed what seemed then an amazing job on the Evening Standard . |
| 2 | Helen did n't help herself or increase the possibility of peace on earth by saying she 'd been at Dad 's Chislehurst gig . |
| 3 | Ever since we 'd been at university together , I 'd known him as a bit of a shower freak , staying in there for ages . |
| 4 | ‘ She 'd been at work , she said , when she went into labour . |
| 5 | But it was because I 'd been at St. Martin 's that we got that first gig . |
| 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 | Both Lady Amory and Sir John liked to get their hands in the soil — they did all the planting and arranging of the beds themselves — but they also had two willing helpers , gardeners who 'd been at Knightshayes for years , and some foresters . |
| 15 | Mrs Clinton replied that she 'd been at college with him and they 'd had a very close relationship . |
| 16 | Captain 'd been at Combe Court for ages and ages I think , cos he knew everyone , even the very poorly ones like Glenda . |
| 17 | He said he 'd been at Parkhead recently ( his son is in the reserves ) and Billy Bremner had been there . |
| 18 | Did he tell you that he 'd been at flat I mean years before or near the date of this or what ? |
| 19 | Phil Lowe was as dangerous here as he had been at Wembley . |
| 20 | Their anticipation had been at fever pitch for days . |
| 21 | She could not help but pause in her misery to be proud of the fact that , without her supervision , they had been at work in the garden . |
| 22 | They were all built around the 1720s and all have bold keystones and this dramatic and sometimes swooping raised centre : as though a countrified Vanbrugh or Thomas Archer had been at work . |
| 23 | I probably would not have done as well if I had been at work . |
| 24 | The full effects of the theological liberalism which had been at work since the nineteenth century came into their own in the English-speaking world after the publication of Honest to God ( Robinson 1963 ) . |
| 25 | With a bloody chin and an empty stomach , Manville had left his apartment already fuming , only to discover that vandals had been at work on his car during the night . |
| 26 | So — the grapevine had been at work , had it ? |
| 27 | Once inside those walls , it really was another world , more than fifteen square kilometres of streets bordered by the crumbling walls of houses , public buildings , cemeteries and reservoirs , some with bits and pieces of bone lying exposed where long-dead looters and grave-robbers had been at work . |
| 28 | But how much work was done , how much , if any , ore was obtained and how long the Quakers or Patrickson had been at work we may never discover . |
| 29 | Successive holders of this post and of the clerkship of the pells , which had overlapping duties , had been at odds during the previous reign . |
| 30 | When she had been at art college , but that was just kids hunting for trophies , and they had n't meant a toss to her . |