Example sentences of "that [noun] had been [verb] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Speculation during that time that Arafat had been killed focused attention on the lack of an obvious replacement for Arafat as PLO chair and Palestinian leader .
2 The French President , François Mitterrand , confirmed on Oct. 15 that Aoun had been granted political asylum as a " question of honour " and that he would be allowed to remain in the embassy indefinitely .
3 Belinda nodded , knowing by this time that Faye had been hospitalised several times for keto-acidosis and other diabetes-related problems brought on largely by her former wildly fluctuating blood-sugar levels .
4 It is known that Rottweilers had been imported prior to the Second World War , probably by German and Dutch immigrants .
5 Observers from the US National Democratic Institute said that there had been " serious problems " , that voter registration was incomplete , that registers had not been open for inspection , and that Biya had been allocated 142 minutes of coverage on the state-owned television service between Oct. 7 and polling day , while the six opposition candidates shared only 12 minutes .
6 Besides , he could just imagine Cashman 's fury if he discovered that Cindy had been staying unchaperoned with Matthew .
7 The negro was obviously homosexual and I realized that homosexuals had been buying that stuff for years .
8 Reuters news agency reported that KGHM had lost US$70,000,000 and that strikers had been offered one-off payments equivalent to US$100 to US$130 each to go back to work .
9 Reuters news agency reported that KGHM had lost US$70,000,000 and that strikers had been offered one-off payments equivalent to US$100 to US$130 each to go back to work .
10 He concluded that Lewis had been knocked unconscious before he drowned .
11 Fleury was quite wrong in thinking that Miriam had been nourishing amorous ambitions as far as the Collector was concerned ; on the contrary , throughout the siege she had taken great pains not to allow her feelings to attach themselves to any individual man .
12 Mitra attacked a secret visit by Ramos to Switzerland in mid-February , hinting that Ramos had been seeking foreign funds for his campaign .
13 She tried to tell him that hospitals had been using such beds for years , but he just went into another tantrum .
14 On July 21 it was announced that Ghozali had been appointed Algerian ambassador to Paris [ see also below ] .
15 Dr Tom Walker , the head of BP Nutrition , says that BP had been kept aware of developments but had decided not to take part .
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