Example sentences of "they had been [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They achieved this by combining two different methods : a longitudinal study , following the same children for four years from before they were able in read until they had been at school for two or three years ; and a training programme that looked at the effect of giving pre-school children specific training in categorising sounds . |
| 2 | She could not help but pause in her misery to be proud of the fact that , without her supervision , they had been at work in the garden . |
| 3 | They had been at supper on that far-distant evening when Mr Curdle , white with panic , had drummed madly on the glass of the hall door . |
| 4 | Not only had it been obvious from the map that they were ninety degrees off course but they had been on tarmac for nine miles after being told that the track in In Salah was dirt from its start . |
| 5 | They had been on stand-by since 10.00 a.m. and it was now after one o'clock , but they were as crisp and well-tailored as if they 'd just stepped on to the plane . |
| 6 | Another factor was raised in a case in which the government did not properly consult local authorities ( as required by statute ) before making some regulations : by the time the application to revoke the regulations was heard , they had been in operation for some time and to revoke them would have caused considerable administrative inconvenience which could not be justified given that no real complaint was made about the substance of the regulations . |
| 7 | Each of the remaining 60,15 from each township , were asked whether they had been in contact with any of our list of ten agencies during the same prevalence study period . |
| 8 | For part if the time they had been in support of another Engineer regiment for joint river crossing operations , and on one occasion had carried infantrymen over a one-kilometre-wide stretch of the Weser , using their rigs as landing craft . |
| 9 | The fittings here also looked as if they had been in service for a long time — probably salvaged from a demolition site . |
| 10 | As far as Comfort knew , they had returned to the States for the duration , although in fact they had been in London for part of the time , working for the Free French , and back in France for most of the rest . |
| 11 | He could n't think whether they had been in bed for an hour , or four hours . |
| 12 | Amongst them , four party leaders — they had been in place for 12 , 13 and 21 years . |