Example sentences of "[pron] had been a [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he was in a peer mechanism which had been a longstanding thing with trade unionism management for many years , with no replacement . |
| 2 | Her feelings for him had been a pallid thing beside what she now felt for Fen . |
| 3 | It had been a close thing . |
| 4 | It had been a stupid thing to do , on that day of all days . |
| 5 | It had been a stupid thing to say . |
| 6 | It had been a big thing , photographers , malai officers , local chieftains , city Danuese of all walks and classes , dogs , trackers ( for sign that was five years old ! ) , cherry berets , and helicopters making self-important passes overhead . |
| 7 | It had been a close-run thing . |
| 8 | He 'd applied to join the police in his final year at university ; it had been an unfashionable thing to do but he 'd given it a lot of careful thought . |