Example sentences of "[noun] had [adv] been of " in BNC.
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| 1 | My poetry had never been of so much practical use to me before . |
| 2 | " The Madam always loved her children , " Nuala said , remembering how proud Katherine had always been of them . |
| 3 | Sadism had always been of theoretical interest to Freud , and he suggests in Beyond the Pleasure Principle that it derives its energy from the death instincts . |
| 4 | She was sitting on the opposite side of the grate and Louise Carter thought fleetingly how proud Nora had always been of her daughter even when they had been dramatically at loggerheads and how pleased she would be if she could see her now , in her elegant black dress and silver jewellery . |
| 5 | Herluin might hold it against the boy that he had disgraced Ramsey not so much by attempting theft , but by making a botch of it , but Herluin had also been of the abbot 's party . |