Example sentences of "had been [verb] [adv] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some of the other houses the stable was now a double garage , but in this one it had been blocked in and a window installed . |
| 2 | One side of the cart had been cut away and a plank balanced in front , on carpenter 's trestles loaned free and willingly . |
| 3 | On the environment the summit noted that the areas of scientific uncertainty had been narrowed down and a response could no longer be delayed , and adopted a declaration on guidelines for future action . |
| 4 | The wooden cross had been dug up and a new large memorial stone had been erected in its place . |
| 5 | She said how the old people 's sitting room had been livened up when a few pictures of old Barnsley had been hung on the walls . |
| 6 | Forays had been made at night ; scaffolding had been torn down and a few workers employed in building Carewscourt had been killed . |
| 7 | The old open fireplace had been boarded in and a single gas fire now burned in the hearth . |
| 8 | Examination of the records of prenatal biochemical screening for these two cases showed that biochemical screening had been carried out and a report of an increased risk of Down 's syndrome issued before the ultrasonography was done . |
| 9 | Residents and shoppers in Girvan were recently confronted with a very smelly problem , as hundreds of fish were left to rot in freezers that had been switched off when a shop closed down and the previous owners omitted to tell the managing agent . |
| 10 | Roscarrock could ill afford it , but short of putting the child out in the street he had little alternative ; so they struck hands on it , and that evening , when the money had been paid over and a receipt obtained , Tristram returned home in the company of Jennifer Gristy to be greeted by his father 's stinging sarcasm . |
| 11 | In the wall opposite the throne , screen doors had been drawn back and a blaze of early morning sunlight flooded into the chamber from the flagstoned courtyard , causing the emperor 's gem-encrusted crown of beaten gold to flash and glitter with every movement of his head . |
| 12 | The officers had been tipped off that a film idol was going to be a guest of Lila Leeds . |
| 13 | Another two bins had been knocked over and a crumpled figure lay motionless between them , his right arm extended as though trying to reach out for something . |