Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd been for a meal and they came to the flat and they rung us to say they were there . |
| 2 | Cos they 'd been for a meal on the way as well ! |
| 3 | For heaven 's sake , she 'd been under a bit of strain of late , so what was more natural than that , having at last met the man she had been at pains to meet — actually being out walking with him , and on such a lovely sharp but sunny day — she should — er — relax a little ? |
| 4 | She 'd been under a spell — she must have been . |
| 5 | He 'd been on a management course from which he had returned to speak of God as ‘ the perfect chairman of our meetings . ’ |
| 6 | Just a fortnight earlier , she 'd been on a course called Heart Start , which taught her the basics of resuscitation . |
| 7 | The notion of such international co-operation would have been unthinkable even at senior investigator level ; but here the arrangements had been made and he 'd been on a plane within a matter of hours . |
| 8 | A shadow fell across my sunny table and I looked up to find Kenneth who 'd been on a recce of the hospital , so after a lunch of ribs , skins , wings and blueberry pie , he was able to lead me through the appropriate doors of the vast , multi-entranced building . |
| 9 | And he did n't have to explain where he 'd been to a wife who has different ideas of a swinging time . |
| 10 | I 'd been , a few weeks ago I 'd been to a wedding , and it was the most boring |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd been to a party at Cipriani 's in The Strand which went on all hours . |
| 12 | Said he 'd been to a party . |
| 13 | He may well be a transvestite , but I ca n't help wondering whether the make-up was simply a blind to ‘ Prove ’ , as it were , that he 'd been to a party that night , in case anyone picked him up . |
| 14 | We 'd been to a party with Nancy and Frank . |
| 15 | She 'd been to a lot of trouble finding something original , something you 'd enjoy . ’ |
| 16 | This was the first time I 'd been into a prison and a number of things struck me during the day . |
| 17 | He felt as if he 'd been inside a cell ever since his arrest , imprisoned within his own mind . |
| 18 | She 'd been within a yard of me and not recognized me . |
| 19 | I 'd been in a couple of dreadful films by then — I think I 'd swooned , screamed , kissed the hero … |
| 20 | On the night of the fire , he 'd been in a pub with Smith and Winter . |
| 21 | Half the drivers surveyed said they 'd been in a skid … most reckon they can handle one |
| 22 | He spent money that he had n't got and twice he 'd been in a duel . |
| 23 | She 'd been in a car accident , she was there , er broken pelvis |
| 24 | It was the first time , too , that I 'd been in a classroom with girls , and I got in with a bad bunch of women . |
| 25 | And there 'd been like a half door going to the shop like there you know . |
| 26 | It was funny , in a Lewis Carroll sort of way , and at least the result was passable , if only as a trade magazine , whereas the woman 's magazine had been beyond a joke and she could not bear to look at the end product . |
| 27 | She had n't really thought he would agree to stay in the car , but it had been worth a try . |
| 28 | She 'd learned about that back when she was Jessamyn Amanda and nine-year-olds had been worth a gallon of potable water on the streets of the NoGo . |
| 29 | She was very tidy and had been as a child , she said ‘ I 'm obssessive ’ . |
| 30 | 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 . |