Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [been] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both Lady Amory and Sir John liked to get their hands in the soil — they did all the planting and arranging of the beds themselves — but they also had two willing helpers , gardeners who 'd been at Knightshayes for years , and some foresters . |
| 2 | But when I got there I found I was in with kids who 'd been nicked for stealing or who 'd been on drugs or alcohol or glue , and girls who had been on the streets at 13 . |
| 3 | On the other hand , more efficient production was a significant benefit to those who had been on courses . |
| 4 | The survey showed that only one-third of those who had been on courses generated the training themselves . |
| 5 | One contrast , however , was that of the thirty-two cardinals created by Innocent nearly 50 per cent were masters ( men who had been at universities ) . |
| 6 | In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries , sociologists and anthropologists , including Émile Durkheim , were interested in the reports of travellers and missionaries who had been to parts of Australasia . |
| 7 | I was accorded a degree of respect appropriate to a man who had been under arms , which was as well as , after rumours of my predilections spread through the warehouse , there were not many willing to share with me . |
| 8 | Clive & Stokes was originally founded at the beginning of 1959 when John Stokes , who had been in personnel management in ICI and Courtaulds and was later to become the Mp for Halesowen and Stourbridge , joined Robert Clive Associates , a small recruitment company . |
| 9 | I once visited a local MIND centre which was a day and short-term residential centre for people who had been in institutions with mental illness . |