Example sentences of "that [pos pn] [noun] had been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then , having exhausted his recollections of the circumstances of his writing the paper , he switched to more personal matters and enquired carefully how I was getting on in a way that made me reel that my mission had been worthwhile and that I had by no means wasted his morning . |
| 2 | I came to the conclusion that my hunch had been right , but that the ditches must have been dug in mid-Victorian times and the earth piled on the track , putting all the older items out of detecting range . |
| 3 | Mr. Sutton was a nice old gentleman — looked distinguished with his white hair and small white beard , a stickler for accuracy and forever telling me that my father had been one of his pupils . |
| 4 | Trying to explain her husband 's loathing of the Allies and all they stood for , Giovanna had told her that there had in fact been no German or even Italian troops in the monastery and that its destruction had been unnecessary . |
| 5 | The report was , however , critical of the CCB , stating that there were strong suspicions that its operatives had been involved in " more crimes of violence than the evidence shows " . |
| 6 | Although Emily knew that her friend had been manipulative , she wondered whether she herself had been selfish , and should have forgotten about the loan . |
| 7 | ‘ I wonder who you truly are ? ’ he queried in the same soft voice that proved that her thoughts had been correct . |
| 8 | Why was he insisting that her behaviour had been dishonourable ? |
| 9 | Now that she had calmed down it was very clear to her that her actions had been rash , to say the least . |
| 10 | She told me that her parents had been kind and loving and that , when her two younger brothers were born after the war , she had got on with them quite well apart from the normal childish disagreements . |
| 11 | Though she clearly had made him angry , Constance knew that her decision had been right . |
| 12 | It came almost as a shock to realize that her night had been peaceful — there had been no dreams , no nightmares , and the bottle by her bed remained untouched . |
| 13 | Ianthe was sure it must mean that her uncle had been unable to come-for some comparatively harmless reason- and that there was to be no service that evening . |
| 14 | He had n't noticed before just how thin she was , and that night it was obvious that her maid had been over-generous with the rouge-brush . |
| 15 | Bronwen explained that her son had been difficult from day one , crying most of the day and night , demanding constant attention . |
| 16 | When Vera Czermak found that her husband had been unfaithful , her first thought was to throw herself out of the window of their third-floor flat in Prague and put an end to her misery . |
| 17 | It seemed that her brother had been right after all when he warned her that the Decoy Lodge was haunted . |
| 18 | She had learned when she had held the first costume up against her , that her mother had been small , hardly , it seemed , an inch or two taller than Ellie was now . |
| 19 | When working for Reuters , a colleague revealed that their boss had been impressed by his hobby . |
| 20 | It appears that their marriage had been obsessional , passionate and stormy , their quarrels causing the neighbours to call the police . |
| 21 | She maintained that both of them had been innocent and that their trial had been unjust [ see also pp. 36905 ; 36987 ] . |
| 22 | Many practices realised that their marketing had been deficient or that they needed to know more about trends and opportunities . |
| 23 | She claimed that their action had been ill-considered and ironic coming so soon after the launch of their customer service charter . |
| 24 | In the end , only 15 per cent of the school leavers considered that their qualifications had been essential to their getting jobs . |
| 25 | That his seduction had been deliberate . |
| 26 | The judge told Cranog Jones that his plan had been ingenious , but warned him that as a magistrate , he would have a hard time in prison . |
| 27 | In fact Kinsai was noted for the peace and order which existed on its streets — there was order everywhere in the land , and very little real law breaking — and it was amazing that his attackers had been able to persist for so long without interference . |
| 28 | Zapata strenuously denied opposition claims that his election had been fraudulent and stated that he was standing down to avoid " endangering the possibilities of peaceful coexistence " with rival political forces in the state . |
| 29 | Of all his kinsmen , it was hardly surprising that his favourite had been gay , great-uncle Edward — his father 's bête noire . |
| 30 | Collor reportedly ordered Eduardo Texeira , appointed as the new head of the state-owned company Brazilian Petroleum Corporation ( PETROBRAS ) , to investigate allegations by his predecessor Luis Otávio da Motta Veiga that his dismissal had been corrupt . |