Example sentences of "[verb] been there at the " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 She 'd been there at the time he 'd wanted a woman .
2 They 'd been there at the wedding , when the wine , that water had been turned into wine .
3 Perhaps , she thought it was because Mark had been there at the planning stage — Mark Bristow , the dynamic young advertising executive she had met and fallen in love with when she had been chasing jobs in the heart of Somerset ; Mark who , in spite of being English , had lived long enough in the States to absorb — and give off — some of the typically American blend of enthusiasm and energy .
4 But he had been there at the right time , he had acted swiftly and effectively and she was alive .
5 For when he had been there at the end of the war it was very much the preserve of the officer class .
  Next page