Example sentences of "had been [art] [adj] day " in BNC.

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1 Hari rubbed her hand over her eyes , it had been a strange day , an eventful one in which she had quite clearly made an enemy but perhaps she had also made a friend of Edward Morris .
2 It had been a long day . ’
3 He then telephoned Nigel 's relations for me , for which I was most grateful — it had been a long day .
4 It had been a long day — twelve hours with Mobuto , eight of those in the United Nations building where Mobuto and his entourage had spent the day .
5 It had been a long day .
6 It had been a long day for him already , and if he made it back before nine he was going to be lucky .
7 It had been a long day at the end of a busy week , but that was n't all of it .
8 It had been a long day .
9 It had been a long day and she had absorbed a lot of information on the subject that was uppermost in her mind .
10 It had been a long day for our guests , as they had left La Loupe at 1Opm on the Friday evening , so it was home to bed for a good night 's sleep , ready for a full day exploring on the Sunday .
11 It had been a long day — the children safely delivered to Grandma , the freezer full of food ( for a husband to cope on his own ) , leotards and tights packed along with all the other paraphernalia needed for a Medau display .
12 It had been a melancholic day , although Winston Churchill had at last been called into the War Cabinet , gracing its inaugural meeting as First Lord of the Admiralty .
13 It had been a pleasant day out for both four-man teams , basking in the sun , playing cards , talking about women and in the afternoon watching ‘ Grandstand ’ on their television set .
14 Though I was exhausted and had managed only nine miles , it had been a better day than the first .
15 It had been a tiring day , largely because it had been so unproductive .
16 It had been a nine days ' wonder , during which no charges had been brought , but Travis had told her to her face that he knew she had taken it .
17 It had been a heady day when she noticed the photograph no longer in a place of honour , on the chest of drawers , but moved to a shelf where it could hardly be seen , and then face down , and then in the bottom of a drawer .
18 It had been a normal day .
19 I did not sleep well that night : it had been a great day and the call of the wild kept me nervous and excited .
20 Mr Devlin said afterwards it had been a great day in Yarm 's history .
21 It had been a gloomy day which suddenly burst into splendour in the evening , the clouds rising behind the fields in the setting sun like mountains ( if only they had been ! ) and above , a darkening amethyst sky with — the finishing touch — a rose pink filigree disc of a moon foreshadowing the peace and perfection of a moonlit night .
22 It had been a humiliating day for Flora and she bore the Bishop a grudge in consequence .
23 But it had been a good day .
24 Today had been a good day .
25 Friday had been a busy day .
26 It had been a hard day .
27 It had been a hard day and the river could be a severe taskmaster at times .
28 It had been a hard day .
29 It had been a white day , white blank sky , white thin sun , warmish and dull .
30 Yes , Nicandra thought , it had been a difficult day , what with everything .
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