Example sentences of "[vb past] be [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 'd been something in the local papers about me and my work , and these girls , aged about eight to eleven years old , sent me a book of poems they 'd written , printed and sold to raise money . |
| 2 | What he thought he needed was someone with the public fame to take over the leadership and to hold a candle to the great names of Lloyd George , Austen Chamberlain , Churchill , Birkenhead and Balfour . |
| 3 | A good example are the ‘ golf ’ tickets from Craven Arms to Plowden , where upon making enquiries I was informed that there was no golf course , but there had been one in the years before World War One . |
| 4 | Her mother told her that there had been nothing on the wireless all day except music and news bulletins . |
| 5 | Lugh was certain that there had been nothing in the least bit noticeable about their journey . |
| 6 | Small as it was , the incident disturbed her , perhaps because there had been something about the man that had appealed to her . |
| 7 | There had been something in the Wingco 's demeanour that Benson did not like much , however , a quietness , an air of brooding . |
| 8 | Bernice wondered if there had been anything in the cold meat the woman had eaten . |
| 9 | When she had thrown the gravel , there had been someone in the pill-box directly ahead of her . |
| 10 | All he said was something about the chicken . |