Example sentences of "[noun sg] we had been [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At each point we had been required to identify pictures of tanks , strip weapons in the dark , answer questions on mines and explosives , and demonstrate our radio technique . |
| 2 | One afternoon we had been taken for a walk up to the top of the mountain behind the camp , which had been good exercise ; from the top I had been able to see the sea . |
| 3 | We decided to do one last detour before heading south and remembering advice we had been given , we headed past Kirkenes towards the Pasvik Elv , the valley and river which form the border between Norway and Russia . |
| 4 | It also did something to the plumbing , and it was decided not to keep us for the month we had been promised , but to billet us out to houses nearby . |
| 5 | During our journey we had been taken to Sherwood Forest , where we had a short while to look around and similarly at Chatsworth house . |
| 6 | I suspected that the restaurant was cheap and that this was the reason we had been guided here . |
| 7 | He asked members to support the motion so that the Attorney General as a member of the Government and as leader of this profession could convey to the Government our sense of disgust at the way we had been treated for so long ( sustained applause ) . |