Example sentences of "[noun prp] have been [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Mills , the United States had been through five epochs . |
| 2 | It was awkward , too , from the sales point of view , that Richard had been aboard one of these barges when he got knocked over the head . |
| 3 | Dr Curtis had been in four times . |
| 4 | The most recent public execution in Albania had been in 1986 . |
| 5 | When Bigwig had spoken earlier of sounding out the Owsla , Hazel had been in two minds . |
| 6 | The United Kingdom has been through 13 years in which unemployment has more than doubled , irreplaceable assets have been wasted , markets at home and abroad have been lost , manufacturing investment has fallen , poverty has increased , the crime rate has rocketed , and talents have been neglected . |
| 7 | Liverpool have been without five of the powerful line-up Mr Souness selected for the first match against Portsmouth in the intervening League games . |
| 8 | In fact the earliest exports to Australia had been in 1820 but the breed did not become established for another 30 years . |
| 9 | I ordered Andrew one , Andrew has been after one for a long time . |
| 10 | According to a friend Patricia had been to two fortune tellers recently . |
| 11 | Tony Ward , spokesman for the British Athletic Federation , said : ‘ Joan has been to two world and two European Championships and one Olympics . |
| 12 | Sylvie suddenly remembered how uncomfortable in his own skin Leo had been at fourteen . |
| 13 | Leeds have been up three days ago . |