Example sentences of "[noun prp] had been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once again , Allah had been generous . ’ |
| 2 | Darwin and Spencer had been wrong to argue that women were in a state of arrested development . |
| 3 | And again she found herself thinking that maybe Jeff had been right and Guido was simply an insufferable bully , the type of man it would be all too easy to fall out with . |
| 4 | Corbett had been alone with her for five minutes when she died , but Mr Justice McKinnon told the jury ’ You simply could not be sure that in the short time Danielle was under his control he caused her death . |
| 5 | Shelley gazed as he sang , wondering if Dr Rafaelo had been right in saying that this act was only showmanship , with no genuine feeling or emotion in it . |
| 6 | All 3,700 US forces currently remaining in Kuwait had been due to leave in September , and the US announcement thus revived reports of the Kuwaiti government 's continuing interest in securing a Western military presence in the country [ see p. 38407 ] . |
| 7 | Kuwait had been wary of Iraqi territorial ambitions ever since it gained independence from the UK in 1961 . |
| 8 | Andrew Neil had been charming . |
| 9 | Dr Neil had been busy with a small epidemic of low fever which had fortunately missed Vetch Street , and Matey had decided to do some summer cleaning , spring cleaning having been missed out , due to the deficiencies of Sally-Anne 's predecessor . |
| 10 | Dr Neil had been kind and friendly to her when she had served him breakfast . |
| 11 | An environmental activist prior to his appointment in 1990 [ see p. 37312 ] , Lutzemberger had been outspoken in his criticism of Brazilian institutions which he believed were contributing to environmental destruction , particularly that of the Amazon rainforest . |
| 12 | For nigh on fifty years Penicillium had been useless . |
| 13 | A report published in April by the New York-based Carnegie Endowment for Peace claimed that Argentina , Brazil , India , Iraq and Pakistan had been able to circumvent international regulations and build or expand nuclear weapons capabilities . |
| 14 | In his last visit to North Korea , Ceauşescu had been able to see the thirty-storey concrete pyramid in the centre of Pyongyang which had been built under the inspiration of the Dear Leader , Kim Jong Il ( albeit from an original idea by George Orwell ) . |
| 15 | But something deep inside told him that Bernice had been right . |
| 16 | Bernice had been unable to interpret Ace 's behaviour . |
| 17 | The cell , although uncomfortable and oppressive , made for a haven of quiet and stillness within which Bernice had been able to calm and draw out the traumatized girl . |
| 18 | Thomas Rennison had been keen to try it and Botterill had agreed to hold his rope . |
| 19 | Marie had been pleased when Madge had said this : it backed up her own opinion of Simon , that he was a genuine person and kind . |
| 20 | He was good with people : one day , when Madge trapped him outside the kiosk , Marie had been embarrassed hearing her prattle on . |
| 21 | The night before , Marie had been restless and unable to sleep . |
| 22 | Earlier , Mandela had been forthright in his criticism of US support for the Angolan rebel movement UNITA [ see p. 37523 ] . |
| 23 | According to commentators Gorbachev had been opposed to the formation of the party , for fear of allowing conservatives to create a power base and of exacerbating splits in the CPSU . |
| 24 | David had been shocked ; Jonathan , who was altogether the more worldly , found the spectacle to have been immensely diverting . |
| 25 | ‘ David had been involved with a couple of things in the past , producing a couple of B-sides when I was in Quiver — we actually used his home studio for demos . |
| 26 | David had been right when he 'd said that Rachel knew the whereabouts of Brooklands , for she had been there with her parents and her sister shortly after David and Jennifer 's engagement had been announced . |
| 27 | David had been right , thought Juliet excitedly , as they approached the first of a row of huge old houses . |
| 28 | David had been promising to paint the new metal design for two weeks now , ever since they had had it fitted . |
| 29 | But he quietened down soon after , because when Jennifer turned her dark eyes in his direction he was put suddenly in mind of Martha and understood very well why Tristram had been unable to keep away from her . |
| 30 | More recently , in Mary Tudor 's reign , the family had come into favour at court because of its reputation for piety and loyalty to the Church , and Sir Gregory had been able to build a new house on the site of the old . |