Example sentences of "[adj] it had be [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | During 1986 and 1987 , more than two-thirds of their work was repeat business ; in 1985 it had been 80% , so much of the increase in volume was due to winning new clients . |
2 | More likely it had been trolls . |
3 | After all it had been Bliss who had warned him that Nadirpur was embroiled with the Pessarane Behesht , Bliss who had informed him that the real cargo was arms . |
4 | Between 1972 and 1981 it had been £14 billion a year . |
5 | However , given that it had been DUP policy , he was opposed to changing it , even to the extent of the local option position , because he thought the change would be seen as a weakening , as a change of principle . |