Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [pers pn] had been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women who I had attacked for bringing up boy children wanted to know if it had been an immaculate conception or simply parthenogenesis , and what was I going to do with it if it were a boy ? |
| 2 | It seemed to adapt itself to her and , in any case , she would not have noticed if it had been a giraffe . |
| 3 | I think perhaps in the Habitat-Mothercare-BHS merger things have taken rather longer to settle down than they might have done if it had been a take-over . |
| 4 | I mean if it had been an electrician 's job and |
| 5 | The question was whether an employee who was going to suffer from a disability , and was then guilty of misconduct , would have been dismissed if he had been a man . |
| 6 | Ian was the best at making himself understood as he had been a Latin scholar . |
| 7 | ‘ Ah-ha , ’ he started confidently , ‘ that would only happen if it had been a defenestration . |
| 8 | Not for the first time it occurred to him how vulnerable his position was , and he reflected ruefully that there was probably no more security or protection in the rank of Khan than there had been in any of the various honours which he had received while he had been an intimate of the clique which had surrounded Nogai . |
| 9 | Asked if he had been a child prodigy , he would answer : ‘ Yes I was — and I still am . ’ |
| 10 | She could not tell whether it had been a matter of minutes or several hours . |
| 11 | I think if it had been a ghost , if the girl had been transparent and headless , I might have been less astonished . |
| 12 | Rain asked whether it had been an especially productive period . |
| 13 | er , I said if it had been a normal Saturday I said we 'd have cancelled that you know , we 'd have met you in Duffley but er , I said my mum 's supposed to be dancing . |
| 14 | She 's a grey figure by comparison , Lee thought , muted where she had been abrasive , withdrawn when she had been a firebrand . |
| 15 | Er , see if it had been a bit more local it would n't |
| 16 | Ronni would n't have minded if it had been a less gracious compliment . |
| 17 | The shopfittings had not been changed since it had been a High Street draper 's , or a confectioner 's perhaps ? |