Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb past] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Huy wondered how long she had been in the capital , and how she had got there . |
| 2 | Or perhaps she had been in too much of a hurry to change . |
| 3 | However long they had been in Wimbledon , the suburb had not yet managed to curb their enthusiasm . |
| 4 | Perhaps they had been on the other side of the ditch all the time and were hidden by it now . |
| 5 | Perhaps they had been in the Rorim long enough for the animals to become used to each other . |
| 6 | She tried to make allowances , constantly reminding herself of the responsibility Nathan was carrying and how long he had been without sleep . |
| 7 | I asked him how long he had been with the Republicans and he said , ‘ Three weeks — I 'm a sales manager and I 've been given leave of absence by my company just to produce last night 's rally . ’ |
| 8 | " Can you estimate how long he 'd been in the water ? " |
| 9 | But perhaps he had been to a Harley Street specialist — it was easier to imagine the long holiday being recommended behind thick net curtains in one of those tall houses with several brass plates on the door . |
| 10 | I thought perhaps he 'd been to you and sort of were you interested and he he 'd come back . |
| 11 | Then he remembered ; appropriately enough it had been at the party when Slater had first introduced Graham and Sara to each other . |
| 12 | So he 'd been to the doctors about few weeks ago and he 'd been repairing his shed , said there was water coming in and he went to he said oh you 've pulled a ligament or something he said , it 'll take weeks for it to clear up but anyhow he went back again about a fortnight ago . |
| 13 | And all the time Nisodemus was reminding people how much better it had been in the Store . |
| 14 | But already she had been to the zoo with him and accepted an invitation for future visits . |
| 15 | Because the whole neighbourhood-thanks to Gittel 's big-mouthed elder sister-knew exactly who had been behind the curse , although even the sister was too much of a prude to tell anyone the reason why . ’ |
| 16 | The two men already there had been on duty now for two hours . |
| 17 | Nevertheless it had been at Bray 's Buildings , stench or no stench , squeals of slaughtered beasts or no squeals , that one of the most fascinating of Benjamin 's children had entered the world . |
| 18 | ‘ Quite possibly true , ’ observed Nigel , ‘ but I feel not exactly what had been in mind . ’ |
| 19 | She realised how close she had been to the edge when the Yggdrasil bit came for her . |
| 20 | She stopped , embarrassed suddenly , looked down , realised with a start just how close she had been to revealing some parts of her life , her thoughts … |
| 21 | She closed her book ; her papa had given it to her before she left for England and she blushed a little on remembering how short she had been with him when he had handed it over to her . |
| 22 | But he has got the sort of acidy sort of alcohol smell on his breath just like you 'd been on spirits all night or whatever , any sort of you know , wine and it 's not a beer sort of smell . |
| 23 | Her husband , Stuart , 52 , said yesterday he had been in daily contact with her since she flew to Canada last month on the second pilgrimage to find her son . |
| 24 | THE polar explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes said yesterday he had been within a week of death when he finally agreed to ‘ be sensible ’ and abandon his Antarctic expedition . |
| 25 | He had waited for her in the forests that fringed Tara , his mind filled with light and hope , his body more fiercely aware than ever it had been in his entire life . |
| 26 | And once he had been at Oxford , she said . |
| 27 | Wheat and barley he knew , and once he had been in a field of turnips . |
| 28 | Only two weeks later she 'd been on her way to Little Kirkton . |
| 29 | A long time ago , she 'd learned just how dear she 'd been to Ewan Famber : an experiment . |
| 30 | How wrong she had been about not needing it . |