Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] been [adv] in " in BNC.
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1 | He was like an old car that had been around in the neighbourhood for a long time , loaned out among your friends , used and passed on , so that when it got to you in your time , you knew what you were getting . |
2 | He had realised it before she had , and somehow the sympathy that had been briefly in those blue eyes , that she had mistaken for some sort of liking , was far more disturbing than his hard , cool look . |
3 | The child who opened the door to him was the one that had been out in the fields with his father . |
4 | The men at the headman 's house decided , on behalf of the village , that every dog that had been out in the night , possibly taking part in the fight and helping bring down the rabid dog , would have to be killed : and all bitches on heat , whether they 'd been inside or out , must also be killed . |
5 | We joined the group that had been out in sleet and gales in December , hoping to experience a typical day 's training . |
6 | They pick on an accountant because an accountant needs a good name and has been partly in control of the funds anyway . |
7 | Harrer 's original story was published in 1959 , and has been continually in print ever since — something of a rarity for a climbing book . |
8 | In 1825 , by which time he was 52 years of age and had been back in Australia for eleven years , a new Governor was appointed . |
9 | He had started to caress her and had been enough in control to ask questions . |