Example sentences of "[noun sg] they [vb past] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The classroom was the warehouse they 'd been in before . |
| 2 | Any extra help they received was through the dedication of any class teacher who had enough energy left over from dealing with the demands of the class as a whole . |
| 3 | ‘ I have n't been drinking , Harvey , ’ she said patiently , as if this was a dialogue they had been through many times before . |
| 4 | I 'll need dog-handlers immediately and they 'll have to be sent out to Pontino , there 's no need for them to check in here first — the girl they released is in shock . |
| 5 | Since entering the wood they had been in severe anxiety . |
| 6 | The only place they lived was in the northern mountains , the Greshorns . |
| 7 | The economics , ethics and effects of discounting were not the talking point they had been in 1991 . |
| 8 | That they took on the importance they did was in part the fault of the government . |
| 9 | They worked on through the files for the rest of the morning , a routine they had been through so often that they commented mostly in half-sentences or barely audible grunts . |
| 10 | The previous day they had been on the green 5¼ hours to out-bowl Paddington . |
| 11 | This was the middle of an argument they 'd been at home . |
| 12 | The first play they mounted was for Alan and his family — to celebrate the completion of the pageant . |
| 13 | It was a secret they 'd been in the house . |
| 14 | The last thing they wanted was for the Americans to know they were about to learn their secrets . |
| 15 | what happened next was a landslide … everything Southend did went right … every shot they hit was on target … and every chance was taken … |
| 16 | Things were very different from the way they had been in the colonial period : |
| 17 | They 'd never been to Blackpool , last year they 'd been to Spain |
| 18 | Oh , and the , the trip they had was to er the Middle East , erm in the desert |
| 19 | The foreman , Ricky Hill , said afterwards that the only problem they had was in deciding exactly when Mr Bakker began the pattern of fraud . |
| 20 | The last time they met was in the old second division at the county ground . |
| 21 | By the time they had been to make-up , and tramped back up the stairs to have another drink , a definite uneasiness was beginning to settle over the whole company . |
| 22 | Even before the change , many of the policies , by the time they had been through the rather over-bureaucratic structures , became distorted and did not benefit the peasants to the extent that they should have done . |
| 23 | For part if the time they had been in support of another Engineer regiment for joint river crossing operations , and on one occasion had carried infantrymen over a one-kilometre-wide stretch of the Weser , using their rigs as landing craft . |
| 24 | The storm was just triggering memories of the last time they had been in a storm together . |
| 25 | As far as Comfort knew , they had returned to the States for the duration , although in fact they had been in London for part of the time , working for the Free French , and back in France for most of the rest . |
| 26 | ‘ The impression they created was of two young men , very smart , well-spoken , trading high-value stones for far too much money , ’ Mr Curtis told the jury . |
| 27 | In spite of which , the impression they gave was of being identical , and it was left to the owners to give their property whatever signs of individuality they could , by making neat little gardens , or by not doing so , by cleaning the windows once a month , or by not doing so . |