Example sentences of "[conj] it had been [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British critic Bryher regarded the film as ‘ the first authentic comment on the War ’ , praised particularly the depiction of enlistment , and poured scorn on those other British critics who had disliked the film 's suggestion that it had been America who had won the war . |
| 2 | I asked a mystified Robins , who explained with a laugh that it had been Colonel Fawcett 's idea . |
| 3 | She 'd told herself that it had been self-respect , a dislike of casual sex , that had motivated her . |
| 4 | She grinned and pushed him out , glad that it had been Mario 's little maid and not Lucenzo who had helped her to dress earlier . |
| 5 | It was hard for her to believe that it had been Charley , her Charley , who had killed three boys . |
| 6 | No matter that it had been police business , and that someone had to do it , he had personally selected Phyllis Henley yesterday . |
| 7 | My sleep/wake clock had bust a spring and I was worried about the fact that it had been Billy Tuckett who had dropped through the skylight . |
| 8 | ‘ When we heard about poor Alain Gebrec being dead , I had a sudden vision of Dora looking furiously angry … you know how she sometimes glares at Dieter … and I thought for a moment … supposing it had been Dieter who 'd been killed … it might have been Dora who had … oh , I know it 's dreadful of me to think these things , but she hates him so much . ’ |
| 9 | The House , as it was simply called , was a profitable little concern and it had been part of Agnes 's work since she had left school , six years ago , to see to the laundry , and with Maggie 's help , to its cleaning . |
| 10 | Harty had been admitted to St James 's with acute liver failure and hepatitis B infection , and it had been Giles 's job to find a donor . |
| 11 | Women had been on the paper since the beginning — with Maureen McGrath as news editor- and it had been women who had been providing the typesetting , the listings , the ad selling . |
| 12 | And it had been Luke 's fault . |
| 13 | If it had been Piphros , it was encouraging . |
| 14 | If it had been Rime Giants following us we would have had a more difficult time of it ; they enjoy such conditions . |
| 15 | For that last half-hour of the day , the dunes became a deeper gold and were scored with the long shadows of palm trees , whose tops were so green that I fancied that if my arm had been long enough I could have plucked a leaf and eaten it as if it had been parsley . |
| 16 | Whereas if it had been standing room , we really would have been standing . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd have been more excited if it had been Shirley Bassey , ’ Miss Horrocks , 28 , tells me . |
| 18 | In Mr Shaw 's view , his Bill , if it had been law , would have prevented the Maxwell fraud and the problems with BCCI , as well as saving billions of pounds lost to the Exchequer every year because of tax haven activity . |
| 19 | The MP behind the bill says if it had been law then , her life would have been saved . |
| 20 | I asked Pat if it had been love at first sight . |
| 21 | ‘ Even if it had been syphilis — why could you not return to this girl you love ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Just think if it had been polio or something like that . ’ |
| 23 | If it had been Everthorpe , she would have dismissed this performance as a clumsy pass , but Wilcox seemed teased by some genuine memory . |
| 24 | She would have been soaked if it had been water . |
| 25 | ‘ If it had been Jonathan I should n't have heard him ; he and Sarah were like cats about the house . ’ |
| 26 | Now if it had been Viola that had died … |
| 27 | If it had been Viola . |
| 28 | And then there was another interesting thought : if it had been Viola as well . |
| 29 | If it had been Jamie Baird who was waiting for her in the drawing-room , would she have been so angry ? |
| 30 | His foot went through the ice as if it had been paper . |