Example sentences of "had been [adv] [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their bruised shoulders and backs reminded them that the cai and the French assistants had been particularly vicious that morning . |
| 2 | The fields were spread thick with buttercups and the may blossom which had been particularly plentiful this year was beginning to turn and fall . |
| 3 | Apparently there had been yet another terrible scene when the old Doctor , his wits once more restored by salt and water , had discovered that he had again been disobeyed . |
| 4 | Of those temporary workers who did not want a permanent job , nearly half ( 47 per cent ) had been economically inactive one year previously , and less than two per cent had been unemployed . |
| 5 | She had been badly hurt some time ago , but her body was dealing with that . |
| 6 | If it had been less populated open country the application may not have been refused . |
| 7 | Still , to look on the bright side : if they had been together all this time , by now they might already be a dull settled couple , instead of which the long separation had preserved the thrill of courtship in their marriage , with letters passing between them constantly . |
| 8 | It became known that we were perilously short of hay because the haytiming on our pastures had been very poor that summer and it was impossible to bring enough in on the horse-drawn sledge on the few occasions we were able to get out . |
| 9 | Rather unfairly , as he had been very nice that morning , it was a few minutes before I remembered there was a third guest present . |
| 10 | ‘ He told me he had been very upset that day . |
| 11 | It had been very hot all day ; they had had exams in the morning and she had done badly because she felt so tired . |
| 12 | He had been very kind this morning about the murder . |
| 13 | ‘ And then Crom Croich eats the hearts , ’ said the soldier , and Cathbad , who had been very busy all afternoon supervising the skinning and jointing of an ox and had been planning to serve braised ox heart for tomorrow 's midday meal , turned quite green and tried to remember if they had any salted pig left . |
| 14 | The chief ambulance officer , Mr Don Page , said last night that they had been very busy all day , and that their use would continue indefinitely — ‘ until ambulancemen and women in South Yorkshire resume normal working ’ . |
| 15 | Opposition MPs claimed that there had been only one small bookmaker in favour and that everyone else had either objected or been neutral . |
| 16 | There had been only one obvious course of action — and that had been to raise the necessary sums by selling the family estate . |
| 17 | than if it had been so much inert luggage . |
| 18 | But that was only because she had eaten nothing since last night and had been so furious this morning about her father 's gall in writing that damnably cheerful letter . |
| 19 | Shame to disturb his toilette , when he had been so meticulous that morning . |
| 20 | She had been so happy that day . |
| 21 | He had been so angry all day , but why ? |
| 22 | All she could see was Felipe 's face , his dark eyes , the laughter that had been so ready this morning . |
| 23 | The wine , I mean ; the vineyard and vintage , um … whether it was south slope or the soil had been especially acidic that year . " |
| 24 | Trovoada had been under increasing popular pressure to take action against Daio after the latter publicly criticized him on April 3 . |
| 25 | Nixdorf , one of West Germany 's leading computer manufacturers , had been under severe financial pressure during 1989 . |
| 26 | In Kosovo , which had been under Serbian direct rule since the end of June [ ibid. ] , the majority Albanian population kept up its campaign of open defiance in the face of an intensifying Serbian crackdown . |
| 27 | Singh had been under intense political pressure to reduce the increase in fertilizer prices . |
| 28 | In predominantly Albanian Kosovo , which had been under direct Serbian rule since 1989 , " temporary measures " were imposed by Serbia in early August to place the councils of several towns previously administered by Albanians under Serbian control . |
| 29 | Knocker had been out that particular night which had been very fortunate for the seaman . |
| 30 | That was why I had been quite happy all day . |