Example sentences of "she [vb past] [been] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She 'd been at work , she said , when she went into labour . |
| 2 | If she 'd been at home and beset by devils like this , she would most likely have gone for a walk . |
| 3 | Helen did n't help herself or increase the possibility of peace on earth by saying she 'd been at Dad 's Chislehurst gig . |
| 4 | Mrs Clinton replied that she 'd been at college with him and they 'd had a very close relationship . |
| 5 | When she had been at art college , but that was just kids hunting for trophies , and they had n't meant a toss to her . |
| 6 | But she had lived inside the Dark Realm for many months , she had been forced to see the terrible creatures that hold sway there , and she had been at Medoc 's mercy for all of that time . |
| 7 | The profession was too professional , a long study , and she had been at university , a giddy time . |
| 8 | Jane came across one called Georgina , whom she had been at school with . |
| 9 | According to them she had been at school that day and came out with them at the usual time and , as far as they knew , had gone the usual way home . |
| 10 | It was years since she had ridden a bike too , not since she had been at school and had cycled home each day . |
| 11 | By the time InterSpray arrived back in Southampton she had been at sea for 156 days , 14 hours and 9 minutes . |
| 12 | If she had been at court the young dandies would have written odes and sonnets to her eyebrows , her finger nails and her sweet rose mouth . |
| 13 | They had helped with their mother 's care when she had been at home , and taken part in planning her funeral . |
| 14 | It was news to her , she had been at home all the time and her husband had taken another ‘ wife ’ . |
| 15 | Although , as for this last speculation , Harriet could not help thinking that if Liza was still as distressed as she had been at home , she would have been even more likely to let her mother know , for she had never before been one to suffer in silence . |
| 16 | She stayed in Danzig five or six weeks , to her daughter-in-law 's horror and embarrassment , since she had her cryings and roarings ‘ as well as if she had been at home ’ . |
| 17 | She once confessed how unhappy she had been at home . |
| 18 | In addition to seeing the plaintiff in court , I have had the advantage of seeing a video , key one , showing examples of her daily routine taken on the tenth of May nineteen ninety one after she had been at home with her parents for a year . |
| 19 | After that she had been at pains to assure him she could cope very well and was about to go to see her inheritance . |
| 20 | For heaven 's sake , she 'd been under a bit of strain of late , so what was more natural than that , having at last met the man she had been at pains to meet — actually being out walking with him , and on such a lovely sharp but sunny day — she should — er — relax a little ? |
| 21 | When she had been at college she had socialised in plenty and had had her fair share of boyfriends , Ashley reflected , as they drove along , but since then her energies had been single-mindedly channelled into her career . |
| 22 | Sophie looked almost as surprised as she had been at Helen 's news . |