Example sentences of "they had [adv] been [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had both been ardent followers of such causes as Shelter , Freedom from Hunger and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament , the popular issues of the day for caring people with deep moral convictions . |
| 2 | They had never been close friends but they had got on well ; lately , however , a gap had opened . |
| 3 | They had never been observant Jews ; they had been steeped in German , not Jewish , culture and identified with it . |
| 4 | It is almost as if they had never been wild elephants — but only the day before yesterday , they were . |
| 5 | They had always been careful hands , and she sensed an extra reverence in them now . |
| 6 | They had all been staunch Congregationalists , and Mary occasionally felt sad that she had left it all behind in childhood . |
| 7 | He spared a glance at the ragged specimens of humanity crouched against the wall and wondered how many of them had once been prosperous farmers or innkeepers or tradesmen . |