Example sentences of "but it [verb] [been] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it had been a close call . |
| 2 | But it had been a serious falling out . |
| 3 | Mr Higgs said Capper had been married to his 47-year-old wife Carol for six years , but it had been a stormy relationship and there were frequent drunken rows . |
| 4 | ’ Perhaps it was the estrangement of Washington perhaps that he had n't expected Agnes at the Smithsonian but it had been a surprising thrill to see the familiar smile in the crowd . |
| 5 | She knew Eddie 's gambling had had disastrous consequences for her family , but it had been a terrible shock to discover he had taken so much from his best friend as well . |
| 6 | But it had been a good day . |
| 7 | In Norwich , Christmas was ‘ reasonable but not exceptional ’ for Jarrolds , according to Barbara Gaskin , but it had been a good year and will see Jarrolds 8% up on 1991 . |
| 8 | Well , no smugglers on Fair Isle but it had been a pleasant interlude and we headed back to Venturous with yet another " first " notched up in our visitor 's book . |
| 9 | He 'd known her eight months — met her , in fact , at a dinner party hosted by Vanessa 's elder brother William — and they had only argued once , but it had been a telling exchange . |
| 10 | It was for a party in one of the upstairs rooms , but it had been a long time ago . |
| 11 | Cold winter maybe , but it had been a long summer that ended that afternoon , from Powell , through the May Events and , at the end of August , the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia , which had again pulled the demonstrators on to the streets , but on this occasion down to Notting Hill and Olympia , the homes of the Czech and Soviet embassies , and an ill-timed eastern bloc trade exhibition . |
| 12 | Ahead , on a right-hand bend , was the farm , but it had been a long time since a chicken had shat in that yard . |
| 13 | He thought again about his parents , but it had been a long time and he became angry with himself because he could no longer picture their faces like before . |
| 14 | But it had been a heavy agenda : the revised safety plan still in draft ; the rationalization of the internal structure from the present seven departments to three under engineering , production and resources ; the report of the district survey laboratory on their monitoring of the environment ; the preliminary agenda for the local liaison committee . |
| 15 | It was easy to keep promising that some sun and heat would work its usual miracle but it had been a hard , cold winter and almost everyone had suffered from influenza , Mrs Browning worst of all . |
| 16 | But it 'd been a good day last year , on the Monday holiday , and they had needed two coaches you see . |
| 17 | ‘ But it has been a great triumph for Hochhauser , Willi . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's easier to manage a team playing in defence because you can see the game developing , but it has been a real problem up front , especially with all the pushing and shoving . |
| 19 | I thought I would go home when I left but it has been a long time . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't usually do that , but it has been a long day . ’ |
| 21 | But it has been a rough 18 months for him and there is still a gauntness about him , even if he does claim he has never felt fitter and that his swing is closer to being ‘ on track ’ than for a long time . |
| 22 | But it has been a busy and peripatetic decade for Taylor , Heglund and their co-workers . |
| 23 | The 26-year-old Shannon clubman , an inspirational figure in Irish rugby 's long overdue renaissance said : ‘ It was great to get the try , but it has been a 15 man effort all along the line . |
| 24 | But it has been a universal feature of modernity that the larger family unit , the so-called ‘ extended ’ family , has given way to a much smaller unit , the ‘ nuclear ’ family . |
| 25 | ‘ But it has been a wonderful year and a wonderful time for me . |
| 26 | But it 's been a marvellous day . ’ |
| 27 | Well that 's no surprise ; but it 's been a long time in coming . |
| 28 | ‘ But it 's been a long day for Sam , so if you do n't mind I 'll send him home . |
| 29 | For the crew this is just another New York flight , but it 's been a rough ride for Virgin Atlantic . |
| 30 | But it 's been a great game to be in , and it has given me some marvellous memories . |