Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] been a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | JC : Kenneth Green had designed our production of Cosi fan tutte which had been a great success . |
| 2 | Behind him the eastern sky was already brightening , and the wasteland , which had been a formless void of darkness above the lumpy earth , was assuming an identity and a shape . |
| 3 | The kitchen , which had been a uniform grey , was dappled with sunlight , she saw ; outside , a blackbird sang . |
| 4 | The agreement did not provide for a specific " quota of power " for the FMLN , an issue which had been a major sticking-point in negotiations . |
| 5 | Raoul Cédras , which had been a major demand of Aristide . |
| 6 | ( The ban on presidential re-election , which had been a central issue in the Mexican revolution of 1910 , was seen by the opposition as a bulwark against the consolidation of authoritarian PRI rule in an effectively single-party state . ) |
| 7 | They 'd gone to see another hill , which had been a Roman fort , covered in ferns now . |
| 8 | It was Willans who advised Rolt 's parents to apprentice him as a mechanical engineer , and it was with great enthusiasm that in 1926 the boy left Cheltenham College , which had been a miserable experience for him , to serve as a pupil at Bomfords , an agricultural engineering firm at Pitchill near Evesham . |
| 9 | The Plymouth Brethren were founded in that year of 1820 , by an Anglican ex-clergyman , on the basis of strict Calvinism , which had been a considerable influence earlier on John Wesley , but not embraced by him . |
| 10 | But he was in a peer mechanism which had been a longstanding thing with trade unionism management for many years , with no replacement . |
| 11 | After a hurried cup of tea at my house we were on our way to do a climb which had been a longstanding ambition of Norman 's — Via Media on Craig Aderyn , probably the best medium-grade slab pitch in Snowdonia . |
| 12 | He had written it under the supervision of James Blackadder , which had been a discouraging experience . |
| 13 | This implied the eventual disbanding of the rural ‘ communes ’ which had been an essential part of Mao s agricultural policy . |
| 14 | Dana did n't come to the showroom either ; she had appeared for a fitting and for a rehearsal , as she had promised , neither of which had been an outstanding success . |
| 15 | The " sett " referred to as being held by Wilson might have been what we now know as the Tilberthwaite Mine ; which had been an attractive prospect from the days of the Elizabethan miners and continued to be investigated on and off right up to the 1930's . |
| 16 | The SPD accordingly took over Lower Saxony 's five seats in the Bundesrat ( upper house of the federal parliament ) to have a total of 27 seats , with the result that the government CDU-Christian Social Union ( CSU ) -Free Democratic Party ( FDP ) coalition , now with 18 seats , lost what had been a one-seat majority . |
| 17 | Today 's announcement comes at the end of what had been a successful decade for the Trust . |
| 18 | They were in what had been a walled garden and was now just a mass of rubble . |
| 19 | On the Monday , the bulldozer moved in and turned what had been a rough path into a track about 8 feet wide . |
| 20 | Said Platt : ‘ The haggling over the contract spoiled what had been a good summer for me . |
| 21 | It was midway through the second half of Saturday 's game at Kingsholm , when what had been a fair game , turned foul . |
| 22 | In a few hours she would come face to face once more with that same man who was responsible for his death and this time she was intent on making absolutely sure that what had been a teenage crush on her part remained just that . |
| 23 | But as she made her way back to the table , Polly 's fierce satisfaction at having the last word in what had been a nerve-shattering encounter quickly faded . |
| 24 | Then , in the sixteenth century , what had been a military building was converted by the Albret dynasty , who were now the rulers here , into a sophisticated civilian one , suitable as a home for courtly pursuits — there are some fine Renaissance doorways and windows dating from that conversion on the left and at the far end of the very irregular courtyard into which you first go . |
| 25 | The Bridges Community Centre was opened in 1987 in what had been a derelict factory canteen on a large industrial site in Monmouth . |
| 26 | She stared down at the floor and the remains of what had been a human being . |
| 27 | From 1971 to 1977 he was the head coach of the Washington Redskins professional football team , and turned what had been a lacklustre bunch into a city 's obsession . |
| 28 | At Bridgwater , in the following month , Vernon Bartlett , a Liberal supporter of the " Peace Alliance " , was elected as a " Progressive " in what had been a National seat . |
| 29 | At this point , the strain on Renee Henry 's marriage became too much , and what had been a troubled relationship crumbled . |
| 30 | As it happened , the Great War intervened and provided the Conservatives with an opportunity to confirm what had been an uncertain trend towards a reshaping and consolidation of the right . |