Example sentences of "[vb past] been a [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I think everybody would , that had had their privacy erupted like they had been because they 'd been a small community for well through the years you see and for strangers to come in , I think it applies in every place that you go to , new places , you know that are built up after it just being a little country village people do resent you but I think now that they , they are really erm accepting us for the fact that we have brought things that they would never have had had the new town not been er sta , you know started here . |
| 2 | It was n't IMP 's fault , or hers , that he had started at Jerez in third position , but she 'd been a convenient whipping-boy for his suspicions . |
| 3 | Where he had been standing had been a turning point for cars once upon a time — when there were still cars in the world — but this had never been a place for modern things . |
| 4 | It had been a long day for him already , and if he made it back before nine he was going to be lucky . |
| 5 | It had been a long day for our guests , as they had left La Loupe at 1Opm on the Friday evening , so it was home to bed for a good night 's sleep , ready for a full day exploring on the Sunday . |
| 6 | Death had been a merciful release for him . |
| 7 | It had been a dark age for administrative justice . |
| 8 | Personally , I think it was a merciful release both for my aunt and for my Uncle Félix , seeing that she had been a helpless invalid for so long . |
| 9 | The owl had been cold and slow and had been a poor meal for the wolf . |
| 10 | At that time he had been a practising Catholic for two or three months . |
| 11 | He retired formally from Harland & Wolff in 1906 , although effectively he had been a sleeping partner for over ten years . |
| 12 | Was this the point at which to say that I had been a professional actress for over thirty years and was well aware of the mechanics etc ? |
| 13 | IT HAD been a lousy week for Roy Castle . |
| 14 | Until 1984 he had been a regular exhibitor for forty years , and in 1952 he gained a show record for the heaviest white with a transparent weighing 30 drams 8 grains , a record that still stands . |
| 15 | Billy had been a close friend for over a year now and they had had some good times together . |
| 16 | Dane Jacobsen was one of the best known and most accomplished actors of his generation , so it had been a real coup for the tiny television station to secure his services for a drama serial on the Vikings , to be shot in Cumbria . |
| 17 | THE Restoration and maintenance of the village green and its stream had been a major project for the year , it was noted at the Old Alresford Parish Council 's recent annual general meeting in the Christy Hall . |
| 18 | Prior to Waddy 's squaddies from New South Wales , there had been a ritual banquet for the guests , a ritual beating for the hosts if they were flattered with a match , before locals returned to gramophones and garden parties . |
| 19 | It had been a humiliating day for Flora and she bore the Bishop a grudge in consequence . |
| 20 | He had been a loyal supporter for many years , his business relationship stretching back to the 1900s when he booked John 's touring pantomimes . |
| 21 | She had been a loyal colleague for many years , respected by parents and children alike , and since the accident had proved a trusted friend and companion . |
| 22 | 1951 had been a good year for Minton . |
| 23 | Paula Kahn , chairman and chief executive of Longman Group , commented that it had been a good year for Longman ‘ despite the impact of the recession in some of our key markets around the world , particularly our ELT markets in Europe ’ . |
| 24 | It had been a good year for Kenneth personally , too . |
| 25 | It was by now that and I wondered whether chilli had been a good choice for a hot meal . |
| 26 | Said Platt : ‘ The haggling over the contract spoiled what had been a good summer for me . |
| 27 | In retrospect he said that he felt that the review had been a good thing for the department . |
| 28 | With the crews overlapping until the last few minutes of the 4¼-mile race , it had been a gruelling test for all . |
| 29 | Today 's announcement comes at the end of what had been a successful decade for the Trust . |
| 30 | There had been a successful introduction for freshers at the Polytechnic . |