Example sentences of "been [adj] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had n't told him in the beginning because it was totally unimportant to her — her family was not religious — and then , after they had been married a while and she had discovered he was extremely intolerant about various classes of people — not Jews , in fact , but Negroes and Catholics — she had been afraid to tell him in case he should think she had deliberately concealed her origins because she had not trusted him . |
| 2 | The old records at the Royal Greenwich Observatory contained a consistent error , and Eddy had been wrong to take them at face value . |
| 3 | One might perhaps have expected that it would have been impossible to discharge him from hospital , but the local authority , which shares parental responsibility for him , has been able to place him with devoted foster parents whose dedication and skill are of the highest possible order . |
| 4 | She had been lucky to see it in Vogue and to find it available in Harrods . |
| 5 | At the beginning of book in , when describing the revolt of Lesbos in 427 , Thucydides says that the Lesbians ‘ had been wanting to revolt even before the war , but the Spartans had been unwilling to receive them into alliance ’ . |
| 6 | He said he had been unable to take it in moderation , and then , in a long illness , he was forbidden liquor , so when the habit had been broken he never returned to it . |
| 7 | Paul Lexington Productions had been able to mount The Hooded Owl at Taunton , but had been unable to bring it into town without Bobby Anscombe 's support . |
| 8 | He discriminated against them in his tariff policies and would have been happy to exchange them for land in Pomerania , Saxony or Mecklenburg . |
| 9 | Their daughter had provided all the labour-saving devices : dishwasher , washing machine , spin-dryer , all housed in a disused still room near the back door , although until she came the Copleys had been reluctant to use them in case they could n't turn them off , visualizing the machines whirling away all night , overheating , blowing up , the whole rectory pulsating with an uncontrollable power . |
| 10 | He had no official status and no powers of arrest , but once he 'd identified Alina then the two officers along with him would have been able to detain her on immigration charges . |
| 11 | It is of the eighth magnitude , but I admit that I have never been able to see it with certainty even with × 20 binoculars , though it is easy enough in a telescope . |
| 12 | The stomach cramps had been coming back , off and on , all day , but so far she had been able to keep them under control . |
| 13 | So far , we 've been able to keep him in check . |
| 14 | Even if , however there had been a decline in the personal savings ratio , it would have been difficult to attribute it to taxation rates . |
| 15 | She greeted us with a cheerful smile , and whereas we had been anxious to avoid her for fear she should forbid us to bring our tree into the house , she astonished us by saying : " Hullo , dearies . |
| 16 | It had been necessary to transfer her to hospital , the home being equipped only for residents able to look after themselves . |
| 17 | Mr Pigdon picked up the candle which had been ready to light him to bed from a shelf in an alcove by the door , and bustled past the visitor down the hall . |
| 18 | Grunte had been surprised to see her on duty at Brighton . |