Example sentences of "[vb past] only [been] at [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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | Borg had only been at Meadow Park since late last season , when he was appointed following the dismissal of John Clements . |