Example sentences of "had been a [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it had been a serious falling out . |
| 2 | Paul had been a real find so far , and she knew it would do his professional standing a lot of good if he could design the whole hotel complex . |
| 3 | One school had been a major spearhead of RBL in the county for many years and had invested considerable thought , enterprise and resources in library provision and study skills . |
| 4 | Suppose , as was possible , that the person to whom the behaviour was directed had been a heterosexual using the lavatory for its proper purpose . |
| 5 | He was no longer particularly interested in the work of younger writers ; this was partly because he no longer felt confident in his judgments about contemporary writing but , at a more general level , he believed there had been a profound falling off in the standard of both literature and criticism since the Second World War . |
| 6 | There was a street market here at weekends , and a few days ago there had been a fair to celebrate some local festival . |