Example sentences of "had been [adj] [to-vb] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I left and went to teach in war-torn London , I knew I had been right to make the most of those precious two years . |
| 2 | He had , he said , originally planned to keep improvements apart , but had now been forced to combine them on account of a ‘ piratical ’ edition , published in Dublin , producing everything under one cover , and therefore he had been obliged to do the same . |
| 3 | But after the sterling crisis , Mr Major had been quick to brand the same markets as irrational , Mr Smith declared . |
| 4 | The Collector had been unable to see the latter part of this action , which had taken place in thick yellow dust and smoke ( the snow having mysteriously ceased ) . |
| 5 | Loss of my letter of introduction from Barry the Magus had meant that I had been unable to make the most of a brief , lacklustre meeting in Puerto Maldonaldo with its adviser Didier Lacaze , a slight , diffident Frenchman . |