Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] [verb] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now he was on his third circuit of the Bay : he 'd been ducking under bulldozers for almost an hour . |
| 2 | That last bomb had taken out those houses as if it had come with a great grasping fist and scooped them up and crunched them into rubble as easily as if they 'd been made of matchsticks . |
| 3 | They would all be returning to town in the autumn to meet some sons of good families in Riba ; she 'd been saving for years , money from the pigeons , money from the cheeses , the almonds , her mother 's money when she died — may she rest in peace and perpetual light shine on her — she 'd hidden it from that villainous landlord who 'd strip everyone of their surplus if he knew how much they 'd hoarded , but they 'd never find out , the folk were far too tight to let anyone know , and he , Davide , must not breathe a word . |
| 4 | Not even squatters camped in this place , so more likely they 'd been broken by locals scavenging for carpets or pipes . |
| 5 | ‘ I gather she 'd been looking into drugs a few weeks back and then into child porn . |
| 6 | He 'd been hoping for windows , and a view over the bay or the town . |
| 7 | But it was n't like I 'd imagined — except for the long silences when I 'd been hoping for laughs . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd been expecting for ages to hear you two were getting engaged . |
| 9 | He 'd been sparing with words : it hurt to talk . |
| 10 | She was trapped , as helpless as if she 'd been bound in chains . |
| 11 | She 'd been drinking with friends . |
| 12 | And if you read the scriptures , you 'll discover those where er he , you know er he was with Paul on one occasion , and er he 'd been eating with Gentiles and er then some Jews came up who believed that eating with er non-Jews even though they were followers of Jesus was wrong . |
| 13 | She 'd been robbed of words , had no speech to tell him to stop this glorious torture , could only groan deep in her throat as his questing fingers flickered over one nipple , bringing it to prominent life even through the material of her leotard . |
| 14 | That was pretty stupid , because not only was he on the list of residents , but he 'd been seen at mealtimes by several of the other members . |
| 15 | It was her nail scissors that she 'd been searching for days , lost under the hearthrug and pressing into her hip ; and the cry was also her virginity , small and bewildered and gone . |
| 16 | The police say he 'd been arrested last month and questioned about threats to Mrs Smith , but he 'd been released on police bail pending further enquiries . |
| 17 | ‘ We 'd been told for years how generous they would be , but when we challenged them , they had nothing for us . |
| 18 | Alan Stewart , who 'd been arrested by police six months ago and questioned about allegations of indecency , was on the staff of New Barns School at Toddington in Gloucestershire when it closed in the autumn . |
| 19 | The rational part of his mind knew this could not be the case , and that it was most likely he 'd been travelling in circles . |
| 20 | Even she , who 'd been propositioned by experts , had to admit that . |
| 21 | Isobel was ambitious , and had her sights set on the national news media ; unfortunately , so did every other young news-hustler in every backwater station in the country , and few of them were having to contend with sinuses that felt as if they 'd been stuffed with pillows . |
| 22 | They 'd been muffled with rags and pieces of tyre , but it was still a lash-up . |
| 23 | I could n't see anything , and I thought I 'd been stung by ants , but the knee became swollen and blistered and then I noticed tracks like blisters crawling up my leg from my knee , and over the course of months they went crawling up and up and round my leg — terrifying ! |
| 24 | He 'd been driving for days , he 'd forgotten how many , and he was tired of the white lines painted down the middle of the highway , he was tired to the centre of his bones . |
| 25 | But it had been fixed for days in its usual place and she was sure they would make for that . |
| 26 | Two pieces of steel had been fixed in vices and the two men had set to work on them simultaneously . |
| 27 | He was not lying when , in Wednesday 's rather pitiful TV interviews aimed at persuading his party not to dump him , he said he had been inundated with letters of support from the world of music , opera , theatre , films and sport . |
| 28 | Could I let them have the exact name of the coffin-manufacturers who had supplied me , as they had been inundated with calls asking for it and , having no success with the number supplied by Directory Enquiries , were needing further information . |
| 29 | He took the tube from a drawer , and when the desk-top had been cleared of papers the plans were spread open . |
| 30 | It had been cleared of papers ; the typewriter was covered and the chair pushed firmly into place . |