Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] in [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the first time she 'd been in such a grand vehicle , and when she looked over the side she seemed so high up she was dizzy . |
| 2 | Her employers had been in general the aspiring mothers of young daughters of tradesmen — the honest working citizens whom her father would have disparagingly stigmatised as ‘ cits ’ — hoping that a little of Theda 's quality might rub off on their uncouth girls to help them to an advantageous marriage . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Since Christmas day her feelings for him had been in such a chaotic state she did n't know whether she loved or hated him . |
| 6 | A few of the teenage mothers in this book had been in such a home . |
| 7 | But he had been in such a degree of desperation because of his financial position . |