Example sentences of "been [prep] a [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been necessary to handle the appointment rather delicately , as when the post was originally advertised it had been for a boys ' school , 600 strong ; with the anticipated changes this would soon develop into a co-educational establishment of up to 1,000 . |
| 2 | ‘ My wife rightly points out that I 've never been in a ladies ' loo in my life . |
| 3 | I mean when I got , when I got here okay er when I was in the lower sixth and I like sort of got in and then like it was so weird being , I mean I 'd never been to a blokes ' school before I came here |
| 4 | Valerie Way had been on a teachers ' course concerned with gender and the curriculum and described what happened when she returned to school . |
| 5 | She had been at a Women 's Aid conference in London all weekend , and she was tired and depressed . |