Example sentences of "[vb past] been [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ But then one night , under the covers — I was just getting older , I guess , but anyway — I was sort of reviewing the day , and I was thinking about school , and what we 'd learned , and we 'd been doing the Second World War , and I had n't liked the sound of this Hitler guy at all ; and I 'd asked dad , just to double-check , and — ’ |
2 | Reuben Boll had been taking the last part of his annual leave . |
3 | Earlier , on Oct. 5 , Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi had been appointed the first woman member of the Supreme Court . |
4 | It had been worn the last time the Mendozas beat the O'Briens in the Open and on every occasion they had met since . |
5 | Still , in the next few days as the news began to filter in from Niki 's hospital that Niki had been given the last rites , that he had inhaled burning fuel and damaged his lungs , that his face had been appallingly burned , the facts did begin to sink in . |
6 | The delay had been to give the second team time to gain position . |
7 | He had been defeated the first time , but that foray into the arena had taught him a lot . |
8 | If he knew how old she was he might want her to tell him what she had been doing the last few years . |
9 | Two weeks after my course finished and I was back in the ‘ real world ’ on a murder enquiry , I received notification I had been awarded the second scholarship in the force . |