Example sentences of "[vb past] been at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember that luncheon with Basil absolutely perfectly , and that I 'd been at the National Gallery or the Tate , and I had a postcard with me of one of those primitive paintings , naïve paintings , of a cricket match they still have postcards of it . |
| 2 | He 'd been at the wrong end when a small company went bust in the city . |
| 3 | Eva had been at the International College for Officers for five years . |
| 4 | Women had been at the lowest end of Paul 's spectrum of the human race . |
| 5 | Annie Templeman had been at the black and white ball for five minutes , and it was five minutes too long . |
| 6 | All three came from the Midlands and had been at the sharp end of the business as salesmen for distribution companies . |
| 7 | Even if I had n't won a medal nor got enough promotion , I had been at the sharp end . |
| 8 | This reflection went far to set up Harry again in his own esteem , for it meant that Isambard had been sure of his victim 's obstinate silence even under torture ; more sure of it , if the truth were told , than Harry himself had been at the worst moment . |
| 9 | The torrent here was almost as fearsome as it had been at the original crossing point , but not so deep . |
| 10 | Bluebird , which was rented by a group of nurses from the Waterloo Hospital , had been at the ready , and when the birth was imminent they 'd seen to it that the ambulance arrived promptly . |
| 11 | Mr Richardson , whose home was on The Promenade , Llanfairfechan , had been at the Old Court for six months because his wife was in hospital . |
| 12 | Across the emptying room another hurt mind had been at the same moment of time glanced by unwanted evocations of shabby Forest sheep nudging together in a brick shelter on a high road through the trees . |
| 13 | He and Adam had been at the same school , though he was a bit older . |
| 14 | He was three years older than Adam and though they had been at the same school , Highgate , they had not been friends then . |
| 15 | In almost the same moment Alexei recalled that his father had been at the same briefing . |
| 16 | A Welsh dealer had been at the fair last year but had not returned this year , much to the disappointment of many of the visitors . |