Example sentences of "[vb past] it been a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Had it been a total shock to you or had you suspected anything ? ’ |
| 2 | Had it been a good flight ? |
| 3 | Had it been a real train the sound would have faded off towards the west — away from the hostel instead , and we could now hear the engine as well ; it came towards the hostel over the non-existent harbour branch and clattered to a stop , perhaps at one of the wharves . |
| 4 | Had it been a professional job all that would matter from your point of view would be that you followed their instructions and moved at their pace with my help . |
| 5 | Had it been a single pilot operation , the need to fly IFR would have resulted in a very tired individual . |
| 6 | Had it been a different matter I would of course have asked your permission . |
| 7 | Johnson , contradicting him , took him from the particular belief to the general likelihood : from the possibility of a singular holy place to the generic derivation from water : ‘ Had it been an accidental name , the similarity between it and Anaitis might have had something in it ; but it turns out to be a mere physiological name . ’ |