Example sentences of "had been [prep] [art] british " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1902 he founded the Public Schools Alpine Sports Club and although this was snobbishly restricted to those who had been to a British public school , the club was instrumental in establishing winter sports as a popular type of holiday . |
| 2 | Five years ago people might have thought her greatest contribution had been to the British fashion industry . |
| 3 | I was almost certain that she had been to the British Museum no more recently than I had myself . |
| 4 | He had been with the British troops at the liberation of Belsen . |
| 5 | I said that I had been in the British Army which prompted another Englishman called Chris to ask if I had known anybody in the Royal Signals in Aldershot or Catterick . |