Example sentences of "[adj] had [been] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The US ambassador , who had marvelled at the readiness of the British to hazard so much in company with France ( a nation which they were in the habit of disparaging ) , now saw that this had been no more than a passing flirtation . |
| 2 | Since the war , or at least since the post-war pattern settled into what looked like immobility round about 1950 , this had been a stony field to work in . |
| 3 | ‘ If this had been a Serbian place you would have sent 500 troops here , I guarantee it , ’ Mr Delimustafic said . |
| 4 | Victory was all too easy in this lopsided match and if this had been a boxing contest it would have surely been stopped after barely a quarter of the game had elapsed . |
| 5 | But I soon found that this had been a dubious choice . |
| 6 | This had been a practice for many years , as the label from Day 's circulating library illustrated overleaf shows . |
| 7 | Before the Great War , and afterwards also , this had been a street where bank managers and principal shopkeepers lived . |
| 8 | The most elaborate response for broad-ranging rationalisation had come from Britain in 1952 with the Eden Plan , but this had been a response to Britain 's anxiety about what the little Europe of the Six might achieve . |
| 9 | Underlying this had been a deeper fear of more extreme socialists , especially the syndicalists , who might threaten violence and revolution . |
| 10 | This had been a shock . |
| 11 | The issue is whether the bank can be in any better position than Mr. Aboody if , when Mr. Aboody was acting on its behalf , Mr. Aboody exerted ( or , if this had been a class 2 case , was presumed to have exerted ) undue influence . |
| 12 | Of the 23 disabled professionals who had been accepted for training as disabled people , eight reported that their entry qualifications were better than average , and five thought that this had been a major factor in their acceptance for training . |
| 13 | Once this had been a thriving town , prospering on fishing and tourism and the naval college . |
| 14 | This had been a great success in both countries not only for the deaf but for their hearing fellow citizens , who made " learning sign language " the second most popular study after English in adult education . |
| 15 | The lack of financial resources affects the quantity of projects which can be undertaken in the city , and with about £2.5 million in their pockets ( Glasgow spent around £40 million last year ) , I asked Lewis Clohossey , organiser at the Dublin European City of Culture office , whether this had been a hindrance . |
| 16 | This had been a fact of Lucy 's life for so long now that she 'd almost lost her sense of its shock value , but Josie was hit by it head-on and without warning . |
| 17 | This had been a safety-check . |
| 18 | I knew this had been a place of elegance , had been sanctified in literature , but it was not that kind of place to me . |
| 19 | Although Perot refused to endorse the candidacies of either Clinton or Bush , he conceded that the Democratic Party had done " a brilliant job " in reviving itself , and that this had been a key factor in his decision to withdraw . |
| 20 | Before the 1850s this had been a problem of a relatively few families ; in some countries , such as Germany , of hardly any . |
| 21 | If this had been a reflection of basic principles of justice there could have been little cause for complaint , but in fact an examination of the position shows clearly that this was not the case . |
| 22 | To her surprise , this had been a very happy period . |
| 23 | This had been a central theme of Left propaganda , appealing to a movement which had always tended to think dichotomously . |
| 24 | This had been a cruel blow , but it would n't stop her from ensuring that justice was done . |
| 25 | A BR spokeswoman said today : ‘ This had been a prolonged negotiation which has now been resolved . |
| 26 | This had been a perfectly human reaction : to look quickly at a dead relative , loved or otherwise . |
| 27 | He always felt strange during storms and this had been an especially bad one . |
| 28 | Once , this had been an expanse of perfect , squared masonry , but three years of siege and three months of heavy bombardment had produced enough gouges and bruising to offer some kind of a foothold . |
| 29 | But this had been an attempt to land on the Spanish Main , and the Spanish felt much less concerned about the long string of small islands in the Lesser Antilles at the eastern end of the Caribbean . |
| 30 | " So what would you normally have done as soon as you arrived if this had been an ordinary Thursday ? |