Example sentences of "had been [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew that her presence and unwavering support was as important to the outcome as all the physical and psychological preparation that Lennox had been through in the past few months . |
| 2 | Chairman John McBaine , passing sentence , labelled it a ‘ tragic case ’ , adding it was difficult to realise what suffering Lee had been through in the last few months . |
| 3 | He was like an old car that had been around in the neighbourhood for a long time , loaned out among your friends , used and passed on , so that when it got to you in your time , you knew what you were getting . |
| 4 | The child who opened the door to him was the one that had been out in the fields with his father . |
| 5 | Kahane gave him the one for the previous month , explaining that they had been out in the desert for six weeks . |
| 6 | The men at the headman 's house decided , on behalf of the village , that every dog that had been out in the night , possibly taking part in the fight and helping bring down the rabid dog , would have to be killed : and all bitches on heat , whether they 'd been inside or out , must also be killed . |
| 7 | Now , The Cheaper Sex had been out in the States for some weeks , and it seemed as if everyone under the age of twenty-one wanted a copy . |
| 8 | If you had been out in the middle of space , far from anything else , they would have stayed put . |
| 9 | The youngest children had been out in the playground ; some of them survived . |
| 10 | The stout landlord , who had been down in the cellar fetching a fresh keg of ale , lowered it to the floor . |