Example sentences of "[noun pl] and had been [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This should have been no problem as she was a swimming champion of the South London Schools and had been in excellent health .
2 Wheeler said he had been a member of the force for twelve and a half years and had been on duty on the Docks since last August .
3 The defendant had been a director of plaintiffs for 13 years and had been in charge of the development and sales of a certain type of heater .
4 These limitation terms were incorporated in all contracts between seedsmen and farmers and had been for many years .
5 He was 35 , married with 2 children and had been in the brigade for 11 years .
6 Councillors , most of whom had strong local roots and had been in power for many years , came to believe they had a permanent mandate and readily resisted any challenge to their authority .
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