Example sentences of "had [been] [adv] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been right the first time . |
| 2 | Belmodes had been around a long time . |
| 3 | Ensign Piper had been only a short time in Australia when he volunteered for duty in the convict settlement on Norfolk Island . |
| 4 | From the look of the pile of branches , Travis had been back a few times , but he was absent still as she added her load to the mound . |
| 5 | An example I quote is of two particular members of staff who had been there a long time , and so , when I walked into the staff room , they were in the same seats . |
| 6 | I I ca n't comment on on comments that you are referencing , however I will say that in Maryland er we displaced an incumbent vendor who had been there a long time , er that vendor was a bit upset as you might imagine with being displaced as a vendor , and in Maryland we had a situation that kind of evolved into the same kind of political row you would expect when a company loses a long time business . |
| 7 | She had been there a few times throughout the week but Busacher frequently forgot her . |