Example sentences of "had been [vb pp] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier , on Oct. 5 , Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi had been appointed the first woman member of the Supreme Court . |
| 2 | It had been worn the last time the Mendozas beat the O'Briens in the Open and on every occasion they had met since . |
| 3 | Still , in the next few days as the news began to filter in from Niki 's hospital that Niki had been given the last rites , that he had inhaled burning fuel and damaged his lungs , that his face had been appallingly burned , the facts did begin to sink in . |
| 4 | He had been defeated the first time , but that foray into the arena had taught him a lot . |
| 5 | Two weeks after my course finished and I was back in the ‘ real world ’ on a murder enquiry , I received notification I had been awarded the second scholarship in the force . |