Example sentences of "[verb] be [prep] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he 'd been in deep water he would n't have been damaged so much and neither would he have surfaced yet , perhaps not for several more days . |
| 2 | ‘ If I 'd been in cold sobriety I would never have married her . |
| 3 | I thought , would n't it be good though if they , if what they did is on that day we went they pick everyone who wanted like the jobs yeah |
| 4 | Mum always bragged about never borrowing off anyone but I had noticed that since Dad had been on short time she seemed to have more money than ever to spend and was getting more friendly with the neighbours she could not stand as a rule . |
| 5 | The notion that Pretty Polly was simply beaten by a better horse at the distance on the day was well down the list of possible explanations for her defeat , and George Lambton aired the widely held view that jockeyship had proved the decisive factor : Bachelor 's Button ‘ was a sterling good horse , especially at Ascot , but he was not a Persimmon , and if a real good jockey had been on Pretty Polly I think she might just have scrambled home . ’ |
| 6 | Ever since he had been at high school he 'd found some enjoyment and relief by getting back at them in ways they obviously did n't expect . |
| 7 | ‘ If the business had been in good heart it would have cost you a great deal more . |
| 8 | So after you 've finished training , you 're going down to the library , yes , to look up the names of the people luve in Street , and once you 've been on that appointment you 've got to go back to the branch and you 're gon na do your mail shots whatever you 're gon na do , put it in there . |
| 9 | Although since I 've been on these tablets I can eat |
| 10 | The majority of the contracts have been awarded to Northern Ireland institutions and where they have been with other institutions it has been the policy of the Panel to encourage the employment of junior Northern Ireland based researchers on the projects . |
| 11 | A lady who suffers with a hiatus hernia wrote , ‘ I have had to take Rennies after meals for years but since I have been on this diet I have n't had a Rennie for five weeks ! |