Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] had been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first few months had been sheer bliss . |
| 2 | But the past few days had been depressing . |
| 3 | Some dictators had been keen to forge triple alliances including foreign firms ; other had kept them at arms ' length . |
| 4 | He was educated in Paris , and when he heard that some Americans had been present at today 's ceremonies he expressed a wish to meet you . " |
| 5 | After attending a local nursery school , some children had been able to write their own names . |
| 6 | There would , however , be considerable practical difficulties in proceeding in this way against a firm where such changes had been substantial . |
| 7 | Children grew disobedient when they knew that they could not be set aside : farmers were ousted of their leases made by tenants in tail ; for , if such leases had been valid , then under colour of long leases the issue might have been virtually disinherited : creditors were defrauded of their debts ; for , if tenant in tail could have charged his estate with their payment , he might also have defeated his issue , by mortgaging it for as much as it was worth : innumerable latent entails were produced to deprive purchasers of the lands they had fairly bought ; of suits in consequence of which our antient books are full : and treasons were encouraged ; as estates-tail were not liable to forfeiture , longer than for the tenant 's life . |
| 8 | From the 11th century , such events had been popular for about 500 years but over the centuries there had been great changes to the ways in which they had been conducted . |
| 9 | It seemed that the doctor 's hunch had been right : all these problems had been due to Candida . |
| 10 | These officers had been loyal to Allende . |
| 11 | In fact , it is highly questionable whether the royal use of these powers had been illegal . |
| 12 | Some of these men had been loyal workers at Albion for decades yet they were shown the door within a matter of minutes . |
| 13 | Some of these men had been loyal workers at Albion for decades yet they were shown the door within a matter of minutes . |
| 14 | These tenements had been empty for several years , the small shopfronts that once elbowed each other along the street boarded up . |
| 15 | The judge indicated that he believed that police of all ranks had been involved in a cover-up of the initial investigation of the massacre and called for a public inquiry . |
| 16 | It did not help matters that about the time Rowell 's rather reluctant jab at some New Zealand rugby habits was being published it occupied space beside reports that the All Blacks had been over-vigorous — and sometimes over-the-top — in their match against New South Wales at Sydney . |
| 17 | So many amputations had been necessary because of the lack of facilities for sophisticated vascular surgery . |
| 18 | The latest studies of the fossil record , however , suggested that many families had been subject to a constant trend towards increasing levels of specialization . |
| 19 | Their discussions at all levels had been friendly and useful . |
| 20 | At entry all patients had been seropositive for hepatitis B surface antigen ( HBsAg ) and HBeAg for at least six months . |
| 21 | Just an hour or so earlier , many demonstrators had been worried by rumours that the workers ' militia might open fire on the crowds . |
| 22 | Twentieth Century Fox executive Tom Sherak estimated the return would have been £25 million-plus if all tickets had been full price . |
| 23 | This was because those steps had been reasonable ones to take even though they had in the event aggravated the losses . |
| 24 | Henry continued , ‘ The riots here followed those in neighbouring counties , of which our people had heard rumours , as if those rioters had been able to overpower the gentry and as if large masses of men were moving on from London , to aid them in forcing their masters to give higher wages . |
| 25 | ‘ Others would have been left out if more players had been fit . |
| 26 | Those services had been first transformed — by ambitious attempts to prevent family breakdown in the early 1960s , and to absorb juvenile delinquents into the public care system at the end of the decade — and then merged with local authority services for elderly people and people with disabilities in 1971 . |
| 27 | But when asked whether those strides had been adequate , Mr Heseltine says : ‘ We have not set our sights on achieving the standards of the world 's best . |
| 28 | In earlier years a great deal of lip service had been paid in Scandinavia to cooperative efforts , up to and including economic cooperation ; but the several discussions had been infrequent and without any tangible results . |
| 29 | Hoelzer claims the mural was wet and mouldy , and that several shapes had been razor-bladed out of the canvas . |
| 30 | In 792 he took a new wife , Aelfflaed ( ASC D , s.a. 792 ) , daughter of Offa , king of the Mercians , marrying her at Catterick where his own parents had been married . |