Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [verb] been [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The princes had not been mentioned and she assumed it to have been instructions for some special task commissioned privately by the new constable . |
| 2 | ‘ He reckoned I had been part of a consortium which spoke to two clubs and accused me of acting secretly — but I told him . |
| 3 | so she said while you 've been doing that she said she 's been sort of gassing to anybody you know , so she said it 's been mentioned by management and they said oh well she 'll be able to sort of hovering while she stood there you know , time , time to natter she could be erm , got time to do that . |
| 4 | More than half the respondents , 54 per cent , said they had been readers for at least ten years and three quarters ( 76 per cent ) had been readers for five years . |
| 5 | that 's what I thought , I was n't quite sure , I just wanted I 'd been sort of going through various things , and I want I 'd wanted to make absolutely sure |