Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] he had [be] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The judge said that Alan Murray claimed he had been in the welfare section of the UVF but he said : ‘ Membership of any proscribed organisation is a most serious matter . ’
2 Endill learnt he had been in the army but was told to leave after forgetting who he was fighting for .
3 Parul knew he had been with other women and they rowed about it .
4 His mother Diane and girlfriend Donna Williams said he had been at home with them .
5 Livingstone said he had been at home at the time of the trouble while Hardy said he watched the disturbance , although he did not throw anything .
6 Connolly denied the charges but the court heard that swabs taken from his hands indicated he had been in contact with explosives and that he was found in possession of a key to the front door of the second house .
7 Although no evidence had been found that Gnassingbe had been present during the attack , the report said he had been at the scene of the attack " immediately beforehand " .
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