Example sentences of "and had been [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The outcome fuelled speculation about possible realignments on the left in Greek politics , where the KKE was the major element in the Coalition of the Left and Progress ( Synaspismos , of which Florakis was president ) since its formation in 1989 , and had been part of the two government coalitions in power from July 1989 until February 1990 [ see pp. 36738-39 ; 37050-51 ; 37263-64 ] . |
2 | A successful businessman , he had been on the Board since 1972 , and had been Secretary of the Old Stopfordians ' Association between 1966 and 1970 , and President in 1972/3 . |
3 | With the arrival of Stephen Rowlinson as London Managing Director in May 1985 , total staff were reduced from 42 to 24 , and consultants were replaced , mostly by other McKinsey people : Rowlinson had spent seven years with McKinsey and had been CEO of a group of manufacturing companies . |
4 | David McKay had lived three cottages up and had been friends with their Pet . |
5 | But there was more to it than that : as the only daughter and elder sister to Nathan and Matthew , she had become far more involved in the running of the household , and had been witness to her mother 's frequent pregnancies , miscarriages and confinements . |
6 | He too had seen Alfred departing with Beatrice , but unlike Alice he had followed them , and had been witness to Alfred 's humiliating rejection . |
7 | He later discovered that most of these scenes had never actually occurred and had been fantasies of the patient . |
8 | In fact , they had known each other for only two years , and had been lovers for most of that time . |
9 | Uxbridge , Middlesex-based VeriFone ( UK ) Ltd has announced the appointment of John Hinds as vice-president and general manager of the International Division of its parent company VeriFone Inc ; Hinds joins the company from AT&T Co where he was a senior vice-president and had been president of the AT&T International arm since 1987 . |
10 | Kibaki was widely regarded as one of the most powerful government members ; he had been in the Cabinet for over 20 years and had been Vice-President until 1988 . |
11 | In an open letter on Sept. 7 to the Uzbek Supreme Soviet , Shakurulla Mirsaidov , who had formerly served as Uzbek Prime Minister and had been Vice-President until November 1991 , announced his resignation as Deputy Chair of the Uzbek Supreme Soviet and as a people 's deputy , because of " the replacement of democracy and openness by an authoritarian regime " ; increased repression of the opposition had been noted in Uzbekistan in preceding months [ see p. 39010 ] . |