Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [adv] been [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( The demand for universal male suffrage had always been high on the agenda of all the continental labour movements . ) |
| 2 | If one agrees with the view of Sharpe , White , , and Bernard that prior to 1625 predestination had merely been one of a number of alternative doctrines vying for supremacy within the church , the rise to power of the Laudians represented little more than another swing of a theological pendulum which had been fluctuating wildly since 1560 . |
| 3 | The common law had largely been concerned with action to restore order after disorder had taken place . |
| 4 | The allocation was decided at the highest level of government , and radio broadcasting had long been low on the list of priorities . |
| 5 | Wilson hoped that since the private sector had already been successful in developing the port and cross-harbour tunnels , that many local and international developers would be keen to co-operate with the government in these projects . |
| 6 | He pointed out , however , that since Mr Brown had already ‘ gone public ’ , the council had already been successful in obtaining a court decree against him . |
| 7 | Theology had long been familiar with this kind of argument , and had on occasion made very extensive use of it . |
| 8 | His clinical approach to his job had always been one of complete professionalism . |
| 9 | Most Conservative opinion had long been opposed to the system whereby a trade union could contribute to the Labour Party a proportion of each member 's subscription , unless the member specially contracted out . |
| 10 | A U-boat captain of distinction in the First World War , he had headed the Abwehr since 1935 and despite being a loyal German had always been unhappy with National Socialism . |
| 11 | Shipbuilding had always been important to Saltash , which was chosen as the site for a Royal Naval base and dockyard . |
| 12 | This process had already been invaluable to industry and proved to be so for penicillin . |
| 13 | It did n't occur to her that she would get a good shot in … fine aim had never been one of her strong points — so when she heard him shout her name behind her , her instinct as ever was to run . |
| 14 | He wished he 'd hung from the rail and reduced the distance , but that would have taken several seconds to set up and his pursuer had already been half-way across the room . |
| 15 | The tanker had earlier been involved in a collision in Spain , but the refinery manager , Reg Clay , said there was no underwater damage that could have contributed to the incident . |
| 16 | In other words , the Semai had always been capable of violence , but this capability had never had any meaning . |
| 17 | To lie in bed wakeful had always been intolerable to him . |
| 18 | The Magistrate had long been interested in Lucy but not because Cupid had at last managed to lodge an arrow in his stony heart . |
| 19 | In other words , the recollection that the Friend had once been guilty of the same fault is a consolation to the Poet , for he now knows how the other must have ‘ bowed ’ under his own , ‘ transgression ’ : They are equal , then — but more , they are united : ‘ Oh , that our night of woe might have remember'd/My deepest sense how hard true sorrow hits . ’ |
| 20 | And this eagle had never been one of the easy ones . |
| 21 | And luck , a commodity the spirited teenager had never been short of , played a crucial part in the events that were to set her on the path to millions . |
| 22 | The father had probably been unhappy with his wife ; he 'd probably set up another family somewhere . |
| 23 | Curiously , his father had also been one of three captains in a series against West Indies ; he , though , had not suffered the indignity of being refused admission to the car park at the ground because the attendant did not recognize him . |
| 24 | It was n't until the Citation had taken off that Kate was made frighteningly aware that her father had indeed been busy on her behalf . |
| 25 | She came from a prominent Bristol family of nonconformists and industrialists , where her father had long been active in the abolitionist movement . |
| 26 | The Observer had already been excited about it in its preview the weekend before . |
| 27 | Police said the dog had always been protective to Clare 's father , a worker at Gosport Navy base . |
| 28 | Now this woman had always been aware of the as a child , she had always known it , it had n't be unconscious in the sense she 'd forgotten it , but it had been isolated , it has been given a new name , and ca unfortunately I ca n't remember what it was , but it was , it was completely er innocuous , the name was the term she used was totally innocuous . |
| 29 | The Emissary 's Illusochamber had also been free of bugging devices as I 'd found when I 'd been fiddling with my headband , activating a mini-ceptor in one of the jewels . |
| 30 | Franco had never seen him so drunk and , although Maidstone 's intake of alcohol had often been greater on past occasions , this time he just went to pieces . |