Example sentences of "[noun pl] had [been] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyes had been rubbed a raw red by fatigue and cold and had a harried glitter . |
| 2 | Even after peasant representation had been abruptly cut in 1907 , and the nobles had been guaranteed a virtual veto against undesirable peasant candidates , the peasant deputies elected to the Third and Fourth Dumas remained unshakeable on the land question . |
| 3 | Some thought that fundholding general practitioners had been given a perverse incentive not to spend money on their patients or even to be selective in the types of patient they enrolled on their list . |
| 4 | Yet it is hardly likely that even if links had been made a ramshackle group of peasant armies using antiquated military techniques could have stood out for long against the Red Army . |
| 5 | Formalities over , our routine search of the yacht revealed that , amongst other educational subjects the boys had been given a practical lesson in how to avoid paying the duty on a considerable quantity of wines and spirits . |
| 6 | Although its walls had been painted a self-effacing grey , it still stood out like some exotic folly among the neighbouring tenement houses . |