Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] have [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew Una had been with Con Gallagher , not with friends as her father and half-brothers thought . |
| 2 | The point was that she — and the killer-were the only people who knew Puddephat had been to the flat at all . |
| 3 | For a moment Leith wondered who the dickens he thought she had with her , then she remembered Naylor had been with her last night when Travis had called . |
| 4 | Police said David had been to a pal 's engagement party at a nearby pub but how he was killed remained a mystery . |
| 5 | He said Sigsworth had been on a drinking binge for several days before going to the police station . |
| 6 | Gary Needham , general manager , said MCP has been in preliminary talks with Thompson but remained tight lipped on the nature of any agreement . |
| 7 | Insp Ken Madison , of Darlington police , said officers had been to the scene of the crash but left when they were satisfied no one was hurt in the collision . |
| 8 | He said Allitt had been on duty on 24 occasions when children suffered collapses on the ward . |
| 9 | Mr Grant said Cornthwaite had been to a pub before going to the party with his girlfriend . |
| 10 | Mr Milburn , whose comments have been supported by consultant Sheila Shearson , said Darlington had been without a fulltime accident and emergency consultant even though money was allocated for the post two years ago . |
| 11 | First her sister had forgotten to inform Nora , then this policeman said Nora had been with her and Jerome in the Jaguar . |
| 12 | Officials said Demeke had been on his way to Cairo with a ticket supplied by the Germany under a plan to encourage asylum seekers to return home . |
| 13 | Up to this point as I said Leeds had been on top — this included a period when Hodge was off the field after colliding with a Crewe player and injuring his wrist , thus Leeds were down to ten men . |
| 14 | In the view of private and public critics of the Wilberforce sons there was more than filiopietism at issue in their charge that Clarkson claimed leadership in the cause when their father was entitled to it ; they suggested Clarkson had been to all intents and purposes a paid agent of the Abolition Committee . |