Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [vb past] be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lary means mouthy or she 'd was lary clothes , loud clothes . |
| 2 | There was often a special pride that the family were ‘ all in the trade ; ’ ‘ all my people have been in the dealing world ; ’ ‘ we 've been blacksmiths for generations ; ’ or they had been self-employed Portland quarrymen ‘ right back a hundred year back . ’ |
| 3 | And they had been good years . |
| 4 | There was the usual bawdy banter , of course , and it had been that way ever since she first put on her white apron and began serving behind the counter . |
| 5 | They had lived with her for three months before they got this place , and it had been three months too long as far as he was concerned . |
| 6 | But , city dweller as she had always been , she had been aware of every sound — the gentle lapping noises of the canal against the side of the boat , the small night sounds of birds and other creatures , and it had been some time before weary body and brain relaxed . |
| 7 | Whichever way , she probably had n't given it much thought at the time and it had been some time later when her mother had told her that he had left the country and gone abroad to work . |
| 8 | You er last time I saw you , you were I did n't know whether you 'd been starting up in er in photography but you had been next door I think or I 'd seen a lot of your stuff . |
| 9 | He 'd seen salamanders before , of course , but they had been small specimens . |
| 10 | Of course there had been interrogation sessions in the Lubyanka , but they had been flimsy affairs , for hanging over their progress had been the sword of a man 's release . |
| 11 | He saw and he cared , but it had been many months since he had counted with her . |