Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [noun] had [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first night after the cocktail party had been the start of it all . |
| 2 | In a ferocious attack on President de Klerk , he said that the Boipatong killings had been the work of " faceless murderers who work closely with Mr de Klerk " . |
| 3 | Since the late 1940s the Queen Mother had been the darling of National Hunt racing : it was largely her enthusiasm for the sport that raised its status from that of a poor relation to the Flat to , by the mid-1950s , a position of near equality — in popularity if not in the prize money available . |
| 4 | Few of Camille 's schoolmates , even had they been able to read and write , would go on to a career in the sciences , since the chemistry lab had been the first to succumb , years back , when the rules had just been relaxed and attitudes to education liberalized . |
| 5 | And perhaps the drum beat had been the noise which had excited Scathach . |
| 6 | Phil : Well I would say that if I had my life over again I wish and hope that everything happens the same , and I think at the end of the day Becky had been the cream on top of the cake … |
| 7 | For centuries , the Clan Campbell had been the enemies of Clan Macdonald and to ensure that no mercy was shown to the Macdonalds of Glencoe , the Campbells of Glen Lyon were instructed by Dalrymple to enforce the orders . |
| 8 | The air base had been the subject of controversy both in Italy [ see p. 36434 ] and in the USA , where Congress had only agreed to vote funds after the beginning of the Gulf crisis . |
| 9 | Before 1920 , writes Charlie Buchan in his autobiography , ‘ the county leagues had been the happy hunting grounds for the professional clubs . |
| 10 | The design of the cap badge had been the result of a competition which was won by Sergeant Bob Tait who came up with the winged dagger emblem . |
| 11 | Peter Robinson , Liverpool 's chief executive , said the plan for top English , Scottish and Irish clubs to play a knock-out competition had been the basis for the agreement to reduce the First Division . |
| 12 | Murdani , who as a serving officer had been the architect of the 1975 invasion , was reportedly opposed to the demilitarization of the province in 1989 . |