Example sentences of "past [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | While she stood staring at it , breathing heavily and conscious that if anyone had made a fool of herself during the past few minutes it was Melissa Craig , the phone began to ring again . |
| 2 | For the past 7 years he 's attended Dean Hall Special School near Cinderford . |
| 3 | Because trying to meet this criterion has occupied so much of my research time in the past two decades it is worth spelling out again that to adopt a reductionist methodology in research strategy — that is , to try to stabilize the world that one is studying by manipulating one variable at a time , holding everything else as constant as possible — is generally the only way to do experiments from which one can draw clear conclusions . |
| 4 | For much of the past two decades it was Square City , the quaint , eccentric and often decidedly sick man of rock . |
| 5 | ‘ This is n't the first time in the past two years he 's stalked out of our house in a jealous rage , swearing that this time our relationship is over for good . ’ |
| 6 | After the terror of the past twenty-four hours he was safe for the moment and in sight of victory . |