Example sentences of "[det] [vb past] been [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This had been a central theme of Left propaganda , appealing to a movement which had always tended to think dichotomously . |
| 2 | This had been a cruel blow , but it would n't stop her from ensuring that justice was done . |
| 3 | Of the 23 disabled professionals who had been accepted for training as disabled people , eight reported that their entry qualifications were better than average , and five thought that this had been a major factor in their acceptance for training . |
| 4 | Once this had been a thriving town , prospering on fishing and tourism and the naval college . |
| 5 | Since the war , or at least since the post-war pattern settled into what looked like immobility round about 1950 , this had been a stony field to work in . |
| 6 | But I soon found that this had been a dubious choice . |
| 7 | Although Perot refused to endorse the candidacies of either Clinton or Bush , he conceded that the Democratic Party had done " a brilliant job " in reviving itself , and that this had been a key factor in his decision to withdraw . |
| 8 | This had been a great success in both countries not only for the deaf but for their hearing fellow citizens , who made " learning sign language " the second most popular study after English in adult education . |
| 9 | A BR spokeswoman said today : ‘ This had been a prolonged negotiation which has now been resolved . |
| 10 | ‘ If this had been a Serbian place you would have sent 500 troops here , I guarantee it , ’ Mr Delimustafic said . |
| 11 | " So what would you normally have done as soon as you arrived if this had been an ordinary Thursday ? |
| 12 | I wondered if this had been the right place to come at all . |
| 13 | With a lot of misgivings , I eventually withdrew — and within weeks , as new opportunities opened up , it was clear this had been the right decision for me . |
| 14 | It was certainly better than the sandwich and a can of beer that she 'd expected ; if this had been the late and unlamented Eddie she 'd probably have been faced with a walk to the nearest carry-out to find that he 'd finished off the beer in her absence . |
| 15 | This had been the supreme ruler of the Althosian system . |
| 16 | In the UK and FRG an average of 9 per cent of company employees worked in R&D and this had been the traditional level in the industry for several years . |
| 17 | This had been the whole crux of Myra 's long-term problem . |
| 18 | It is as if this had been the artificial carapace which had now dissolved and there emerged the smiling , bright-eyed figure of Eliot , with an expression close to that of the photographs taken of him in childhood . |
| 19 | Then , in a remarkable display of vacillation , he proceeded to pour cold water on Knobelsdorf 's assertion that ‘ the fate of the French Army will be decided at Verdun ’ though this had been the very foundation of his own Memorandum of less than four months earlier . |
| 20 | This had been the basic premise of a proposal made in late August by the Netherlands ( holder of the presidency of the Council of Ministers in the second half of 1991 ) specifying four conditions for economic convergence : ( i ) a high degree of price stability , indicated by a level of inflation close to that of the best-performing state for a two-year period ; ( ii ) a sustainable government financial position , indicated by budget deficits deemed not to be excessive ; ( iii ) currency within the 2.5 per cent fluctuation margins of the exchange rate mechanism ( ERM ) of the European Monetary System for at least two years without devaluation against other member state 's currency ; and ( iv ) a close approximation of comparable interest rates to those member states with the best performance in terms of price stability . |
| 21 | That 'd been the big question . |
| 22 | Chief amongst these had been the inescapable fact that she must get rid of Rose Cottage . |
| 23 | But then they had a habit of melting into society , and in the meantime many had been the expensive guests of the German taxpayer . |
| 24 | However , on Oct. 6 following talks on the same day with Sirimavo Bandaranaike , the leader of the opposition Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( SLFP ) , President Ranasinghe Premadasa agreed to consider the formation of an interim all-party administration and the holding of a referendum on the country 's executive presidential system ; the latter had been a major demand of the SLFP , which opposed the concept of the executive presidency . |
| 25 | That had been a futile crusade , he knew now , but it was better than the lie Seth offered , the lie that concealed the end of all things . |
| 26 | That had been a long meeting . |
| 27 | That had been a long , long time ago and we were still reeling through the London streets with never a sign of a park anywhere . |
| 28 | That had been a long time ago . |
| 29 | But that had been a long time ago . |
| 30 | That had been a great adventure , but it was nothing to his travels . |