Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [verb] [been] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 By daylight it had been a sculptured shaft fluted with runnels of light and darkness , withdrawing stage by stage in charmed proportion , shedding weight and gaining impetus as it soared .
2 During the war it had been a dangerous neighbour , but no bomb had fallen on it , although fire-bombs had spattered all over Mouncy Street and Decimus Street .
3 Despite the peaceful outcome it had been a major operation .
4 On each occasion it has been a joint move with his brother and fellow Great Britain international , Stephen .
5 Of course it had been a silly question , but why had she been so cross ?
6 In the fifteenth century it had been a practical way of making agriculture more profitable , in the sixteenth it was more likely to create a vagrancy problem as men were dispossessed from the land , and this indeed was a social issue which came to the forefront of public attention in the Tudor period .
7 Whatever had brought Berowne again to that vestry it had been a human hand , his or another 's , which had wielded that razor .
8 For North it has been a disappointing season and Saturday 's 57-run defeat summed up their form this year .
9 ‘ In fact it 's been a great few weeks for me .
10 In fact it has been a dazzling success , by almost every measure .
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