Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [been] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ari found it was strangely comforting to be told how confused Ewan had been at the time he 'd turned his back on his family . |
| 2 | At seven-twenty that same morning , Scott had been at the site of an unusual hit-and-run story : two older men had been killed and another injured by a police patrol car . |
| 3 | Blanche asked if Blufton had been at the farewell party the night before . |
| 4 | Sidacai would not know that Burun had been at the back of it all , of course , and either way he would owe his life to the Merkuts . |
| 5 | Matthew had been at the Plaza for a week now , with scarcely a moment to call his own . |
| 6 | Nine-year-old Joanne had been at the fete helping to give pony rides to help raise funds for the Longeval Animal Sanctuary Trust , which is run by her mother , Cindy . |
| 7 | Joe had been at the pub that evening , and when he arrived home just before ten , he found her on the floor . |
| 8 | Suppose Mrs. McLoughlin had been at the scene of the accident ; according to conventionalism she would have a legal right to recover in virtue of past decisions . |
| 9 | Cornwall had been at the fore-front of the Spanish wars and indeed , the incident which sparked off the war took place at Fowey and Saltash . |
| 10 | Sri Lanka had been at the forefront of Asian intellectual thinking and had gained a good reputation for human rights and civil liberty before these recent years of violence and oppression . |
| 11 | Theresa had been at the settlement since September , helping to harvest tomatoes and melons . |
| 12 | Walter had been at the première in 1904 . |
| 13 | If Puddephat had been at the flat in Paris on Friday evening , he could hardly have squeezed a trip to Germany in between . |