Example sentences of "[det] [vb past] been a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lack of financial resources affects the quantity of projects which can be undertaken in the city , and with about £2.5 million in their pockets ( Glasgow spent around £40 million last year ) , I asked Lewis Clohossey , organiser at the Dublin European City of Culture office , whether this had been a hindrance . |
| 2 | This had been a shock . |
| 3 | Victory was all too easy in this lopsided match and if this had been a boxing contest it would have surely been stopped after barely a quarter of the game had elapsed . |
| 4 | If this had been a reflection of basic principles of justice there could have been little cause for complaint , but in fact an examination of the position shows clearly that this was not the case . |
| 5 | This had been a safety-check . |
| 6 | The most elaborate response for broad-ranging rationalisation had come from Britain in 1952 with the Eden Plan , but this had been a response to Britain 's anxiety about what the little Europe of the Six might achieve . |
| 7 | Before the 1850s this had been a problem of a relatively few families ; in some countries , such as Germany , of hardly any . |
| 8 | Before the Great War , and afterwards also , this had been a street where bank managers and principal shopkeepers lived . |
| 9 | This had been a practice for many years , as the label from Day 's circulating library illustrated overleaf shows . |
| 10 | The issue is whether the bank can be in any better position than Mr. Aboody if , when Mr. Aboody was acting on its behalf , Mr. Aboody exerted ( or , if this had been a class 2 case , was presumed to have exerted ) undue influence . |
| 11 | This had been a fact of Lucy 's life for so long now that she 'd almost lost her sense of its shock value , but Josie was hit by it head-on and without warning . |
| 12 | I knew this had been a place of elegance , had been sanctified in literature , but it was not that kind of place to me . |
| 13 | Once , this had been an expanse of perfect , squared masonry , but three years of siege and three months of heavy bombardment had produced enough gouges and bruising to offer some kind of a foothold . |
| 14 | But this had been an attempt to land on the Spanish Main , and the Spanish felt much less concerned about the long string of small islands in the Lesser Antilles at the eastern end of the Caribbean . |
| 15 | For many years , these had been a fixture of the concert schedules and had attracted large crowds to venues such as the Albert Hall and the Empire Pool ( now Wembley Arena ) . |
| 16 | He said that had been a concession to them to allow families to stay together . |
| 17 | If that had been a bit harder then |
| 18 | But that had been a piercing of her body , a searing of her mind — but this encounter had been the captivation of her soul . |
| 19 | Now , if that had been a finance company , I would have paid a damn sight more . |
| 20 | That had been an hour back . |