Example sentences of "[noun prp] had been [verb] in an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sanjurjo had been killed in an air accident on 20 July , on his way to Pamplona to assume the leadership of the rising . |
| 2 | Mr Wilson had been celebrating in an aunt 's house just after tea when he disappeared , and the family had assumed he had gone home . ’ |
| 3 | Her original plan for the previous Wednesday had been to put in an hour or two of picket duty very early in the morning , and then go on to her appointment at Pringle 's . |
| 4 | Constance had been raised in an atmosphere of intense family solidarity . |
| 5 | ’ . Ilse had been trained in an orphanage , and he then tells her , with a smile : ‘ I would n't claim any privilege that an orphan was n't entitled to . ’ |