Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] be [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | If only all school trips had been like this . |
| 2 | I was in the Lion , fortnight ago , Sunday dinnertime and lads had been on this er bike ride , you know for some children |
| 3 | It 's claimed the night she died , Kim had been to this nightclub near the Champs Elysees and had returned late with a friend and the accused . |
| 4 | In 1984 , the Court of Session in Edinburgh ( Hay/Briton against Central Regional Council ) refused a 53 year old grandmother custody or access to her six year old grandchild , though it was agreed that the ‘ most significant relationship ’ the child had was with this grandmother . |
| 5 | Ninety ( 72% ) patients were over 70 , although only 14% of the population studied were above this age . |