Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] [prep] [det] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been to all the parentcraft classes , and had not learnt a thing . ’ |
| 2 | Only with an effort did those who had been to all the other parties locate one another and separate themselves from the mob . |
| 3 | I had been on all the northern capitals . |
| 4 | He was more frightened than he had been in all the time he had been with them , and he could tell that the girl was frightened too , by her quick , shallow breathing . |
| 5 | It had been in all the national papers , but news is quickly forgotten , and at that time Willi must have been mourning his wife , trying to cope with loneliness and a small son , submerged in his own misery . |