Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] been [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd a lump on my head the size of a goose egg ; I 'd been through some kind of hell in the spaces ; I 'd prayed for … it was not what I 'd prayed for at all .
2 It had been a hectic period during which we had been under some pressure .
3 We somehow got on to the subject of detective stories , for it had been with some surprise that I learnt at the Old Parsonage meeting that at one time he had read them with avidity .
4 But to her amazement he did nothing of the kind , but , shaking his head as if he had been under some kind of stress , ‘ I did n't think I could have got your innocence so completely wrong , ’ he stated gruffly .
5 If he had been in some sort of trance , ( lasting who knew how long ? ) that might account for the sudden appearance of Jos .
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