Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [been] [adv] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vivien had been up at St Hugh 's , so I was looking forward to her being an excellent guide . |
| 2 | I went to Scotland Yard this morning and saw an Inspector and told him all about our suspicions , and about how we knew Nigel had been down at Streatley that Saturday — ’ |
| 3 | Bernie 's been out at ten o'clock at night before with him . |
| 4 | Pam had been out at a friend 's all evening . |
| 5 | After the Portuguese mission left Abyssinia , Lebna Dengel found himself increasingly faced by the threat from the Muslim states of Ifat and of Adal , which included Harar , with which ever since the fourteenth century the Emperors of Abyssinia had been intermittently at war ; these states were forever encroaching on the eastern borders of the empire in a war of raid and counter-raid . |
| 6 | Poor Sam had been backwards at coming forwards , she told herself . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Graham Townsend has been back at work for only 4 weeks . |
| 9 | A legend in the power boat world , Shurdington signwriter , John has been in at the top of his sport for over 30 years . |