Example sentences of "it had [been] [art] [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been the faintest of sounds , but it was enough to bring her slowly to her feet , alert and expectant . |
| 2 | It had been the blackest day of the war when the government announced the rationing of tea . |
| 3 | Perdita listened to her mother grinding gears and going on and on and on about how marvellously Perdita had played and how it had been the proudest moment of her life , and how everyone from Rupert to Brigadier Canford said what a great future she had and Drew this and Drew that . |
| 4 | By the week 's end the proctologist was saying that it had been the best goddamned vacation he had ever taken , and as we passed the bunkering moorings near McIllvanney 's yard I saw him take Ellen aside and I guessed he was offering her a job . |
| 5 | It had been the best day yet . |
| 6 | It had been the merest afterthought . |
| 7 | Yes , it had been the worst possible way to discover his betrayal . |
| 8 | Outwardly it had been the easiest and quietest of times that the house had ever known but the unease did not go away . |
| 9 | But it had been the easiest of the three days . |