Example sentences of "or [verb] been [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Virtually everybody there had been held on remand or had been to prison before , so knew how the prison ran . |
| 2 | Whatever was or had been between Matthew and Jenny was not yet resolved , Sara realised from Jenny 's preoccupation with the man . |
| 3 | Anyone who 'd paid money for their dog , or did n't know where it had been , should take it to the god in Lāmri to be blessed and cured : and if anyone had been bitten recently , or had been in contact with the rabid dog , they too should see that god . |
| 4 | The present superintendent estimated at this time that about half of all girls coming there had never really had any home life , or had been in care , and believed that this cycle would repeat itself : " as high as 85 per cent of these babies , it 's going to happen to them . |
| 5 | It may have evoked a response in our personal nature , or have been in keeping with the mood of the moment . |