Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [been] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'd been in Bill 's position I , or if we 'd had been in Bill 's position , we 'd have done the same as well . |
| 2 | The said Steve , the Mountie went on , seemed to have been in bed asleep at the time of his murder , and the Ontario police were wanting to interview Angelica Standish as a suspect . |
| 3 | The heads interviewed had been in post from four terms to nearly 20 years . |
| 4 | Dublin could n't miss , but United had been off target in their opening four matches . |
| 5 | With its trial balloon grounded again , the next attempt to patch it up came from Vincent Cannistraro , who claimed to have been in charge of the CIA 's contribution to the Flight 103 investigation until his retirement in September 1990 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Of the 8 experienced geologists in post after the war only M. Macgregor , Richey and Wilson were on the Scottish staff in 1931 and the last named had been in England for 5 of the intervening years . |
| 8 | Desi Grew has been in jail several times for terrorist offences , and Martin McCoffey has left Dungannon Council just a few weeks ago . |
| 9 | Desi Grew had been in prison several times for terrorist offences , Martin McCoffey had left Dungannon Council only a few weeks ago . |
| 10 | While visiting France the princess has been ‘ amused and smiling ’ about a sensational tape recording of a phone call said to have been between Charles and Camilla during which he said : ‘ I love you . |
| 11 | Police said had been in Germany since last September and was being considered for asylum . |