Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] [prep] a [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the way to Eric 's first hiding place there had been an uncomfortable few minutes when the doctor 's car , in spite of its prominently displayed red cross , had been stopped by a carabinieri patrol . |
| 2 | She tells me that Jamie has been caught in a drugs bust at the Cross Keys pub . |
| 3 | The idea has been expanded into a Peoples Show Festival and similar exhibitions , featuring over 200 different collections of tens of thousands of items , will be held at fourteen different venues from Cheltenham to Stoke on Trent . |
| 4 | The Beach-heads hear they 've been cursed by a Swells SOTW |
| 5 | It 's thought that the fire had been caused by a welders spark . |
| 6 | The accident happened after a stolen red rover car accelerated away into King edwards avenue , when it 's occupants realised they had been spotted by a police patrol . |
| 7 | Though the apolitical villain was fairly quickly apprehended , Churchill 's portrait has just been discovered in a police raid on a suspected handler . |