Example sentences of "and [conj] [noun] had been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Mr. Marshall was very different from Ingard — where Ingard had been expansive , he was withdrawn , and where Ingard had been cocksure and flamboyant , he seemed almost nervous . |
| 2 | The US proposal followed an intelligence assessment indicating that President Saddam Hussein had strengthened his position internally since the introduction of sanctions and that Iraq had been able to rebuild its infrastructure , including suspected arms production , through trade with Jordan and the illicit use of foreign bank reserves and gold sales . |
| 3 | Ferrari argued that proper procedures had not been followed in Portugal and that Mansell had been unable to hear the instructions on his radio as he travelled at 170 mph past the pits . |
| 4 | The Upchers did not want anything elaborate , and although Repton had been famous for castellated picturesqueness , here was the perfect chance to create simple neo-classicism , which was all he secretly cared for and the conventional essence of those first twenty years of the nineteenth century . |
| 5 | An invigoratingly stormy relationship was in the making and if Nicholson had been gossip-column fodder at the time , the writers would have had a field day . |
| 6 | And if Jack had been such another he would have thanked Charlie for his unstinted friendship , his generous loans , his hospitality and for bringing him Marilyn Thompson . |
| 7 | And if Fosdyke had been popular , it 's strange that his funeral was so poorly attended . |
| 8 | And if Thomas had been any older I do n't know quite how I would have explained it to him . |
| 9 | This , Greisser said , was a breach of courtesy , and as Lester had been responsible , there would be no apology for the German reply . |