Example sentences of "[vb past] only [been] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I met him at a dance held in the Airmen 's Mess ( so romantic ! ) , when I 'd only been at Binbrook three weeks . |
| 2 | She 'd only been at school 2 months and she was found to be blind . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd only been at Rangers five minutes when he offered me the use of his villa in Florida . |
| 4 | first time I ever one , was old Freddie and I 'd , I 'd only been to depot . |
| 5 | I 'd only been in Monty 's poky little office for ten minutes and already he had given me two priceless lessons in my future profession — to make sure I dressed properly , and never be afraid to ask the question " Why ? " |
| 6 | She 'd only been in Dane 's company for a matter of days , but he 'd left a mark on her , a mark it could prove impossible to erase . |
| 7 | It was spotted by William Robertson , then aged 20 , a deaf man who had been educated at the Aberdeen School for the Deaf , and who had only been at sea for one year . |
| 8 | I had only been at home for about ten days when a friend of mine asked me to join him on a journey to the East Indies . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | Borg had only been at Meadow Park since late last season , when he was appointed following the dismissal of John Clements . |
| 12 | That morning she had only been on board a couple of hours before being hauled off by the Customs men . |
| 13 | Nancy Ball had only been with Hugo for a few months and it was much longer than that since Harriet had visited him at the office . |
| 14 | ‘ You can get them in Helsinki now , but at that time … anyway I had only been in New York for a couple of days and I only had the clothes I had taken with me . |
| 15 | At the age of fourteen he obtained a scholarship to Stowe School which had only been in existence six years . |
| 16 | J. C. E. Roberts , welcomed all present and remarked that although the Society had only been in existence for a few months , much had already been done and the Society had a firm foundation on which to build . |
| 17 | Although he had defied her before , it had only been in words but now the thought that he had the choice of putting those words into action and so set a new pattern , and in doing so break one of the threads that tied him to her , caused his whole body to tremble and his voice to quiver as he said , ‘ Either you give me permission freely to go with Mick tomorrow or I go down now and put it to Martin . ’ |
| 18 | Psychiatry was new and had only been in practice since 1879 ; neuroses and psychoses were thought to be untreatable . |
| 19 | She had only been in office a fortnight when she gave a lecture on social services at the ICO . |
| 20 | Remy had only been in charge for a month and already he had a major scoop on his hands . |
| 21 | I had only been in prison eight days . |
| 22 | The boy , who had only been in care for a short while before the incident , is now in secure accommodation . |
| 23 | Patient E16 had only been in hospital once , three years before his terminal illness . |
| 24 | Unfortunately , Gail had n't realised that it was only because Mr Elder had only been in Hospital for so long , that he was overjoyed to see her and him wanting to kiss her was completely innocent . |
| 25 | In 1967 , when Mr Ceausescu had only been in power two years , he complained about the security forces taking unjustified measures against the people . |