Example sentences of "[conj] we had been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In doing so I like to think that we had been good ambassadors for the Department ; I know we all enjoyed every minute of the three hectic months . |
| 2 | I knew the face and knew at once that we had been intimate , but I had no idea who she was . |
| 3 | The Agency 's work strategy has , has been made available to members , and erm , I think if we look back to a previous Committee , where the er , information was provided , that we had been successful . |
| 4 | I can not feel that we had been negligent , had we been dealing with another man . |
| 5 | I wish that we had been able during the last few months to persuade our European colleagues that we are not arguing just for a narrow British position . |
| 6 | The first photo on the roll said 12.13 , and we had been married three minutes . |
| 7 | The last one on the roll said 12.18 and we had been married eight minutes . |
| 8 | ‘ IN APRIL 1992 , a researcher from the BBC 's dramatised documentary programme ‘ 999 ’ contacted our Community Education Department asking if we had been involved in any unusual incident where rescues had been carried out . |
| 9 | I can tell him that , if we had been involved in the process during the years in which this Government were involved , proper priority would have been given to the very stipulations that we laid down some time ago about convergence , the accountability of institutions and the need for a change in regional and structural funding — as well as several other considerations , some of which are now contained in article 2 of the treaty . |
| 10 | If we had been 6-0 up at half-time no-one could have complained . |
| 11 | The driver seemed as concerned to show off his excessive acceleration as if we had been prospective buyers and he a salesman . |
| 12 | But Gustave used to write me letters describing what it would have been like if we had been married . |
| 13 | If we had been alone , he would have complained bitterly about the hotel . |
| 14 | But what , I think we do need to have is quite a a a a a we 've not a no solution body who would agree with me , er you know , some of the things that have gone on within the er er agricultural industry in terms of gang masters , which is if if surely if if if we had been more clearly defined if would enforce probably the whole industry into disrepute , and I feel that we do need a a a a a a a framework , with a with a supply into Europe , because in the end we will not just be competing against other European countries we will be competing against the third world and some producers that are producing very different situations , so , I I think er , and and I 'm concerned that it is the , it is that delegation , and it is the interpretation that our own government will put on it , because there 's been so much mythology surrounding Europe . |
| 15 | If we had been aware of the remarks , I suppose it might have been better not to have made the appointment . ’ |
| 16 | It is possible that a greater difference would have emerged if we had been able to age-match the Crohn 's disease and control groups , as age has been shown to be inversely correlated with intestinal blood volume . |
| 17 | As skipper Ian Butterworth said : ‘ If we had been top after six games you could have called it lucky — but not after 17 matches . |
| 18 | ‘ What if we had been bad people ? ’ they kept asking . |
| 19 | She greeted us with a cheerful smile , and whereas we had been anxious to avoid her for fear she should forbid us to bring our tree into the house , she astonished us by saying : " Hullo , dearies . |
| 20 | Perhaps they were too busy to feel queasy , but as far as I was concerned , before we had been airborne half an hour I felt like crying out , ‘ Stop the plane , I want to get off ! ’ |
| 21 | Sebastian and I began to feel as close as we had been all those years ago . |