Example sentences of "[verb] [vb past] [been] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The heads interviewed had been in post from four terms to nearly 20 years . |
| 2 | Dublin could n't miss , but United had been off target in their opening four matches . |
| 3 | The hook shown had been in service for four years and showed very little wear . |
| 4 | Those projects observed had been in progress for over a year and most had established a good opening strategy as might be expected from their ability to identify schools with good potential for change . |
| 5 | Desi Grew had been in prison several times for terrorist offences , Martin McCoffey had left Dungannon Council only a few weeks ago . |
| 6 | On Sept. 28 Security Minister Mensan Agbeyome Kodjo announced the results of the referendum held the previous day , stating that 99.09 per cent of votes cast had been in favour of constitutional change . |
| 7 | Ferranti 's capacity to deliver had been in doubt because of its financial problems following the September 1989 revelation of a major alleged fraud scandal , but on Jan. 23 a deal was announced for the sale of Ferranti 's radar division Ferranti Defence Systems to GEC , which would merge it into GEC-Marconi . |
| 8 | Towards the end of the research most of the children referred had been in care for shorter periods of time and were still in more or less meaningful contact with members of their natural families . |