Example sentences of "[vb past] been [adj] [adv] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their influence over the masses had been tenuous even at the height of their prestige in 1905 . |
| 2 | I had been far away at the time , and knew nothing about any murder . |
| 3 | The rank and file of both the Socialist movement and the CNT had been frustrated enough at the limitations of social reform under the Republic ; when the Radicals and the right set about negating what little seemed to have been gained , militancy rose to new levels . |
| 4 | As for Daedalus himself , he had been busy too at the time inventing the Greek alphabet in Cumae , on the other side of the peninsula . |
| 5 | Their Lordships said that if it had been saleable only at a ‘ throw away ’ price , that would indicate that it was not of merchantable quality . |