Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] be [verb] at [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She has been based at home for the last 10 years , collecting water , doing the cooking and waiting to get married .
2 Why has he sent Duncan 's eldest son north , after he has been kept at court all these years ?
3 It has been noted at Gartree that the better the governor , the more quickly he goes .
4 To the children who find any sort of role play difficult ( perhaps because it has been discouraged at home , or because they are very shy ) it communicates to them that you approve of such play .
5 It 's been weeping at night when I 'm sleeping .
6 If it 's been lost at sea , then why should n't the Iranians believe it ? ’
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