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 .
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