Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb past] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This should have been no problem as she was a swimming champion of the South London Schools and had been in excellent health . |
| 2 | Meanwhile the factory towns and the mines were not far off as they were in the South , and the northern peasant was used to a hard life ; he was not forced to stay on the land as a pauper , since employers and employed were in the same economic difficulties and regarded each other as of nearly the same status . |
| 3 | Wheeler said he had been a member of the force for twelve and a half years and had been on duty on the Docks since last August . |
| 4 | The defendant had been a director of plaintiffs for 13 years and had been in charge of the development and sales of a certain type of heater . |
| 5 | These limitation terms were incorporated in all contracts between seedsmen and farmers and had been for many years . |
| 6 | He was 35 , married with 2 children and had been in the brigade for 11 years . |
| 7 | Councillors , most of whom had strong local roots and had been in power for many years , came to believe they had a permanent mandate and readily resisted any challenge to their authority . |