Example sentences of "[noun] had been [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This original small port and fishing village had been down on the marshes adjoining the Rother , not far from Rye , and given to Fécamp Abbey by Cnut . |
| 2 | Of " voluntary " temporary workers , nearly a half had been out of the labour market entirely 12 months before and only two per cent had been unemployed , but of " involuntary " temporary workers the proportions were just under one third in both cases . |
| 3 | Robert had been back to the gallery , to the annoyance , I felt sure , of the owner . |
| 4 | Sometimes , he assumed the Elder had been around since the Creation . |
| 5 | Although direct debits and cash dispenser machines had been around since the late 1960s , promotion campaigns made them farmore popular during the mid-1980s . |
| 6 | Scott was sensitive to the pressure his wife had been under for the past month . |
| 7 | Chairman John McBaine , passing sentence , labelled it a ‘ tragic case ’ , adding it was difficult to realise what suffering Lee had been through in the last few months . |
| 8 | By now , 1345 hours , the Colonel had been up with the leading Troops for more than because two hours , and as the short Arctic day was drawing to a close he ordered the withdrawal to begin . |
| 9 | During the last week of September that year , Cornwall had been enjoying an Indian summer and Edna and Celia had been down to the Cove every day . |
| 10 | Many of Rosemary Cook 's respondents in the Rhondda , who had given birth to children during the inter-war years , said that birth control had been out of the question despite the fact that the birth rate for the Rhondda fell dramatically during the inter-war period . |
| 11 | That morning Sara had been up with the dawn to walk for the last time in the castle grounds to say goodbye to her doves , her servants , her horses and her hounds , the last of which seemed to sense what was happening and started howling as soon as she had departed . |
| 12 | Now , The Cheaper Sex had been out in the States for some weeks , and it seemed as if everyone under the age of twenty-one wanted a copy . |
| 13 | Hand dragged furniture had been around since the 18th century . |
| 14 | She knew that her presence and unwavering support was as important to the outcome as all the physical and psychological preparation that Lennox had been through in the past few months . |
| 15 | The dahabeeyah had moored for the night and the three girls had been up on the top deck enjoying the evening breeze . |
| 16 | The youngest children had been out in the playground ; some of them survived . |
| 17 | The heating had been off over the weekend , and the office was like an ice-box . |
| 18 | Counsel for the ‘ Seventeen Towns ’ , claimed by Finch to be within the forest bounds , produced in rebuttal the perambulations of 1298 and 1300 , and their confirmation by Act of Parliament in 1336 , urging also that these towns had been out of the forest by ‘ the long and constant Usage ever since . |
| 19 | In the meantime the others had been out on the track and found the footprints of the Friar and the distinctive mark of his staff . |
| 20 | ‘ Giles said he and Ursula had been out with the two of you . |
| 21 | This particular day Tom Smith had been out on the drink the previous night and now had a sore head and a filthy mood on him . |