Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [been] at school " in BNC.

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1 She 'd rarely been at school , went into domestic service , could n't read , but can write her name , then got married .
2 She 'd only been at school 2 months and she was found to be blind .
3 My mother and Marie Claire and Lili had all been at school together in Egypt .
4 I mentioned a boy who had only been at school for two terms , a boy who had had a limp , someone he had been friendly with for a time .
5 Having said that he was very immature the report added that there had been considerable improvement , but it had taken a long time ( he had only been at school for four terms and had had a change of teacher ) .
6 It was Hermione , genuinely concerned because she had not been at school ; someone who had missed her .
7 I suddenly knew I had either to behave like a shocked girl who had still been at school that time the year before ; or like an adult .
8 Rufus put up two or three names , one being of someone they had both been at school with .
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