Example sentences of "and it had [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was the usual bawdy banter , of course , and it had been that way ever since she first put on her white apron and began serving behind the counter . |
| 2 | Only this time the fire that burned in the grate close by showed her the face of her dream-lover , and it had been Gentle 's face . |
| 3 | Because she 'd seen the bottle , and it had been good French burgundy … |
| 4 | Sally-Anne loved a dare , and Terry Rourke 's appeal had been frank and animal — he had excited her , and it had been simple for her to lie to her mother , to set out to go to a girlfriend 's home on the following afternoon and meet Terry instead . |
| 5 | It was the first silk garment she had owned , and it had been expensive , but Faye 's silk clothes always looked and felt so wonderful … |
| 6 | Construction work on the reactor , intended to generate electricity both for domestic use and for sale to Belgium and the Netherlands , had commenced in 1972 , and it had been due to start operating in 1979 . |
| 7 | Construction work on the reactor , which had been intended to generate electricity both for domestic use and for sale to Belgium and the Netherlands , had commenced in 1972 , and it had been due to start operating in 1979 . |
| 8 | Dino had broken down , and it had been one of the best races of the whole season , but then maybe the driver was prejudiced , she told herself sourly . |
| 9 | And it had been easy to ignore them , not to listen , to walk away , when he believed them to be just dirt . |
| 10 | There was more wrong with Sheridan than ill-temper , and it had been obvious to his father for a long time . |
| 11 | … and it had been disconcerting . |
| 12 | But we were moving in different directions and it had been clear for some while that we stayed together out of habit . |
| 13 | It was n't really their Auntie 's pub , but she worked there and it had been convenient to make all the arrangements on a friendly family footing . |
| 14 | They had lived with her for three months before they got this place , and it had been three months too long as far as he was concerned . |
| 15 | But , city dweller as she had always been , she had been aware of every sound — the gentle lapping noises of the canal against the side of the boat , the small night sounds of birds and other creatures , and it had been some time before weary body and brain relaxed . |
| 16 | Whichever way , she probably had n't given it much thought at the time and it had been some time later when her mother had told her that he had left the country and gone abroad to work . |
| 17 | At school we were weighed regularly — at the beginning , middle and end of each term — and it had been customary for me to record my weight in my diary on all these occasions . |