Example sentences of "had been [adv] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bill 's loyalty to his apprentice had been ill rewarded this evening and no trainer could afford to be sentimental . |
| 2 | For example , on the crucial question of the medical condition of the evacuees , which was to cause so much controversy , the Board of Education believed that local authorities had been adequately warned that pediculosis ( head lice ) would be a problem and had been given instructions on how to disinfect children by the use of steam baths ; also that its memorandum Ev . |
| 3 | ‘ Up West ? ’ said Matey , handing Sally-Anne the china from the small dresser in the kitchen , which had been scrupulously washed that morning and was now being replaced by Sally-Anne who was standing on a small stool to reach the top shelf . |
| 4 | Bad news had a habit of springing ghastly surprises , the way that shattering news about her mother had sprung the cruellest surprise of all … the way her foolish idyll last night had been ruthlessly shattered this morning … |
| 5 | ‘ If there had been less talk these past few weeks then perhaps the rumours that aided Bragad 's cause would never have arisen . |
| 6 | Erm the nuclear industry also has erm er a subsidy , it 's known as the nuclear levy erm and there is reasons for that erm one is that erm some money has to be put aside to decommission nuclear power stations in the future erm now the s C G B , before it was broken up , had been actually putting some money aside year by year yeah ou ou out of the money that was generated fr er er from selling electricity nuclear power stations , some was put to one side , notionally , o on the accounts f f for a future decommissioning . |
| 7 | But it had been only to say some things about her son which it was better that a boy of eleven should n't catch ( 8 ) . |
| 8 | He had been out working all day on a commission job for a fashionable hairdresser who was creating a branch in Los Angeles . |
| 9 | He was in better spirits and colour now , for he had been out walking several times with Luch since she had gently persuaded him to dress and go to the wedding . |
| 10 | In districts where industrial crafts such as weaving or metalworking had been long established many families had a history of involvement in one or more of the local trades over several generations . |
| 11 | I think Linda and Graham were the only people there who had been before have any other common |