Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] had been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | History might have been different if Cleopatra 's nose had been longer or Napoleon had been taller . |
| 2 | And Mr. Marshall was very different from Ingard — where Ingard had been expansive , he was withdrawn , and where Ingard had been cocksure and flamboyant , he seemed almost nervous . |
| 3 | And Mr. Marshall was very different from Ingard — where Ingard had been expansive , he was withdrawn , and where Ingard had been cocksure and flamboyant , he seemed almost nervous . |
| 4 | Truman was blunt and straightforward where Roosevelt had been subtle and evasive . |
| 5 | But it was impossible to forget entirely the rumours that William had been involved with some very undesirable people over the last few years . |
| 6 | Springfield looked up from his examination of Grant 's inert form , a more thorough examination than Chuck had been able to give him earlier . |
| 7 | Although no evidence had been found that Gnassingbe had been present during the attack , the report said he had been at the scene of the attack " immediately beforehand " . |
| 8 | The Upchers did not want anything elaborate , and although Repton had been famous for castellated picturesqueness , here was the perfect chance to create simple neo-classicism , which was all he secretly cared for and the conventional essence of those first twenty years of the nineteenth century . |
| 9 | The court had heard evidence from Kelly , who said that Blissett had been involved in an ‘ ordinary aerial challenge ’ . |
| 10 | It was worth knowing that Edwin had been right . |
| 11 | As pumps improved , Crookes got lower pressures than Faraday had been able to do ; and eventually he discovered cathode rays , which he interpreted as this fourth state . |
| 12 | Later James McInally , a forensic scientist with Lothian and Borders police , told the court that after tests on the accused 's clothing and in the burned house , they had concluded that Sutherland had been involved in splashing petrol in the house . |
| 13 | Indeed , it should be emphasized that Picasso had been dissatisfied with the limitations imposed on pictorial volumes by a scientific or linear system of perspective for some time before he became aware of the fact that Cézanne 's painting suggested a new concept of form and space . |
| 14 | Well , all those things had gone in the parcels , parcels that Kathleen had been obliged to carry down to the post office in five separate journeys , parcels that were heavy and had cost altogether two pounds four shillings to send . |
| 15 | But something deep inside told him that Bernice had been right . |
| 16 | The Jockey Club 's Disciplinary Committee upheld the York stewards ' judgement that Eddery had been guilty of interfering with Green 's Bid and Splendent in the Gimcrack Stakes . |
| 17 | Clair George , listing the things that had to be done — — finding private money , transferring it out of the country , buying arms , shipping them , procuring boats and aircraft — noted that North had been obliged to do all this ‘ with a gum band and some balsa wood ’ . |
| 18 | This showed him nothing except that Ross had been skilful in the way he had chosen to combine places with times . |
| 19 | Of course John , her husband , told Elizabeth that Ivy had been right about the fuse-boxes : they just had n't come to her notice , so she had to eat humble pie . |
| 20 | But there was no suggestion that Gray had been involved in anything improper and Jefferson continued to be involved in youth work . |
| 21 | She knew that Hugh had been wrong in what he had tried to do , but she also knew that no real intimacy had taken place . |
| 22 | To cover the areas of special interest that Gould had been unable to investigate personally , he had to rely on a network of collectors he had recruited in the course of his travels . |
| 23 | From then onwards , ‘ Fred T. Jane ’ became a recognized signature on bold black and white illustrations in a number of books and magazines ; so realistic was the picture in the Illustrated London News of the torpedoing of the ironclad Blanco Encalada in the Chilean revolutionary war of 1891 that a legend grew that Jane had been present at the action . |
| 24 | The document also alleged that Montazeri had been involved in a gang whose members had been executed in Iran in 1987 after smuggling explosives to Saudi Arabia during the pilgrimage to Mecca the previous year [ see pp. 35541-42 ; 35677 ] . |
| 25 | The Medellín drug cartel in a message broadcast on Inravision Television , Bogotá on April 27 denied responsibility for the assassination , stating that Pizarro had been opposed to the government 's current policy of extraditing drug traffickers to stand trial in the United States . |
| 26 | Punch published two harsh cartoons and , when at the end of February 1858 the government was defeated , The Times , with possibly a touch of exaggeration , declared that Clanricarde had been able by his ‘ mere presence ’ in the cabinet to destroy an exceptionally strong administration . |
| 27 | The Miller spokeswoman confirmed that Sainsbury had been aware of the plans , and that as it was a non-retail development , there would be no conflict of interest . |
| 28 | The ploy had worked surprisingly well , especially when Candy had learned that Bernie had been successful and that Ace Elliot was to be the star guest . |
| 29 | Defending Emmanuelli in a radio interview prior to his indictment , Prime Minister Pierre Bérégovoy said that Emmanuelli had been obliged to receive donations in his role as party treasurer and that his personal honesty was not in doubt . |
| 30 | Belinda blurted dismissively , disturbed to find that Tom had been aware of at least some of Greg 's attentions to her that evening . |