Example sentences of "there [vb past] [been] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Dave rang me , see , and he said there 'd been some blokes asking around about me and he did n't think they were coppers at all , and I thought well , that could be The Firm — |
| 2 | There 'd been some snow , and erm er he was n't well , and could I if I cared I could look for a work elsewhere , as i it was just impossible for him to pay wages , you see ? |
| 3 | There 'd been some trouble up there between the Catholics and the Protestants and we were ordered to put a line across the road and were ordered to take out our truncheons . |
| 4 | Perhaps there 'd been some trouble — some kind of scene he wanted to warn her about . |
| 5 | There 'd been some trouble at The Randolph . |
| 6 | No , not at all , no I if there 'd been any doubt then I would n't have played , but erm no doubt at all . |
| 7 | If there 'd been any evidence to link the death to anyone connected with the Jonquil the police would have found it by now . |
| 8 | Listen , if there 'd been any fruit around I 'd have eaten it . |
| 9 | Tell him that if there 'd been any chemistry between us at all , I would have married you years ago and if he had any bloody sense he 'd do it now — in fact , forget it , I 'll tell him myself . ’ |
| 10 | Yeah , could of been if there 'd been any Romans in Italy . |
| 11 | Apparently there 'd been this girl , Spanish or Portuguese I think , and Ollie had been giving her private lessons at his flat , and he thought she fancied him , and he 'd had a couple of Special Brews at the time and thought she was just shy , and then he tried kissing her , and it 's the old , old , sordid story , is n't it ? |
| 12 | And there 'd been this picture of a human lying down , with what looked like nomes tying it up with hundreds of ropes . |
| 13 | ‘ If only there 'd been more time , ’ said Kelly , ‘ I 'd have tried to help her work out a clear-cut characterisation , but we had a tight schedule and I left it up to her . ’ |
| 14 | Like us , he reckoned that there 'd been another man there . |
| 15 | There 'd been another quake at 4am , a 6.5 shock . |
| 16 | In those days too , there 'd been another festival a month or so later , called ban chho āi , the leaving of the forest . |
| 17 | Over the years there had been many tributes to her beauty and her dancing , but the one I particularly treasure appeared only recently . |
| 18 | She still had the pearls , but there had been many tears since she first wore them . |
| 19 | Their action may have resulted from purely local causes : there had been many border clashes . |
| 20 | In Surere 's province , there had been many transgressions , despite the loss of privilege which was the only punishment he had dared impose , though there were rumours that in some cases he would have preferred to apply the death penalty . |
| 21 | When I finally got through to Taff to enquire about what sort of night he had had , and if there had been many casualties during the barrage , his reply was rather matter of fact . |
| 22 | The report showed that there had been many changes and improvements since 1986 , but that some deficiencies remain . |
| 23 | There had been many injuries due to frostbite . |
| 24 | Trevor Radway , Chairman of the Forest of Dean Railway Company Limited , said there had been many improvements in recent times , and the railway was going from strength to strength . |
| 25 | Of course there had been many Christmas parties after Maman went away , Aunt Tossie saw to that — but they were not memorable . |
| 26 | Then the farmer admitted that there had been many applicants for the job already , but each had been driven out of the stall by the horse . |
| 27 | There had been many nights like this , and she had been furiously ridden before , as now , by this tireless Mighty One , face fixed in the inhuman lineaments of lust . |
| 28 | On Jan. 25 , however , Tanjug quoted statements by four refugees from Shkodër who said that anti-Stalinist demonstrations had taken place there on Jan. 11 and 14 , involving up to 7,000 people ; that there had been many arrests ; and that police reinforcements were patrolling the city and the surrounding area . |
| 29 | There had been many amalgamations , the Transport and General Workers and many other large unions had absorbed small unions to form a formidable barrier to employers , there was less interunion rivalry and the authority of the General Council of the TUC was accepted and practically unchallenged . |
| 30 | She had helped to pick up all the things spilt from the bag , but there had been that look in her eye just before — a familiar look , contempt , indifferently hidden . |