Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] been [prep] [noun sg] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd only been at school 2 months and she was found to be blind . |
| 2 | At the age of fourteen he obtained a scholarship to Stowe School which had only been in existence six years . |
| 3 | I had only been in prison eight days . |
| 4 | In 1967 , when Mr Ceausescu had only been in power two years , he complained about the security forces taking unjustified measures against the people . |
| 5 | ( Sir ) Frank Adcock , Professor of Ancient History at Cambridge , and Fellow of King 's , had also been in Room 40 . |
| 6 | I 've never been in ward two . |