Example sentences of "have [be] [prep] the [noun sg] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How has a body which has been in the ground remained so fresh ? ’ |
| 2 | Jane Starkie , she , she would have been in the frame had it not been for penalty points during the cross country course , for being a wee bit too slow . |
| 3 | Jane Pargeter was not particularly popular on the programme either , but several people who had been at the party supported her story that she had not left the party at all until Nicola 's body had been found . |
| 4 | There were only three crumpled cigarette-packs , a sign that whoever had been in the truck had possibly been waiting a long time . |
| 5 | The plaintiff drank the ginger beer , and when a second glass was poured for her by her friend a decomposing snail which had been in the bottle floated out . |
| 6 | The Rajputs who had been in the lead took the full force of the barrage ; the new conscripts behind them turned and fled . |