Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there 'd been the least sign of magical activity we 'd know about it . ’ |
| 2 | He 'd covered her over with a coat and taken her few possessions inside , and she 'd slept on ; she 'd been the same way for the last couple of hours of the journey , ever since they 'd made their final stop at a twenty-four hour garage so that he could fill the Zodiac 's tank and buy some tape for a running repair to the headlamp that he 'd broken when , lights doused to escape notice , he 'd clipped the corner of the garage block on their way out of the parking area . |
| 3 | I think this had been the former jockey 's house , for the Kirkwoods of Woodbrook survived into the middle of the twentieth century by breeding racehorses . |
| 4 | In both crimes , the person who had suffered by far the most had been the same man , Kemp . |
| 5 | It had been the same sum for years . |