Example sentences of "had been [vb pp] [adv prt] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1	The pulpit had been wreathed in holly , ivy had been twined up the lectern , garlands of leaves and berries hung from the gallery where 18th-century fiddlers had played before the organ came .
2	A little mirror had been hung on the wall of the dressing area .
3	Those who had accepted the old beliefs about women — her slower sexual arousal , natural chastity and requirement for serious emotional involvement — were bound to ask themselves whether they had been led up the garden path .
4	When our mam died — our dad had been killed down the pit long before — he took me in and brought me up .
5	Several had been taken on a yacht at sea .
6	Even now , however , no decisions had been taken on the speed of emancipation or the form it should take .
7	He said more precise figures would not be available until decisions had been taken on the form of restoration .
8	After three centuries of decline , the first steps had been taken on the path to restoration .
9	The US authorities claimed that the decision to evacuate Peace Corps workers had been taken on the basis of general intelligence concerning NPA intentions , and that Swanson 's abduction had only become known after the decision had been made .
10	The Pakistan skipper had been drawn down the pitch by Tufnell 's flight .
11	Even I knew about the CS , which had been set up the year before in the wake of a couple of real humdinger scandals in the Square Mile .
12	He did not explain why the CIA had waited until December 1990 , to draw this conclusion when the ‘ proof had been available for at least a year , nor did he explain why no advance warning based on this report , reliable or not , had been passed down the line to those responsible for airline security .
13	Oyston had been brought up the son of a Durham miner and had moved to Blackpool with his parents when they went to open a boarding house .

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