Example sentences of "what [vb past] [been] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The SPD accordingly took over Lower Saxony 's five seats in the Bundesrat ( upper house of the federal parliament ) to have a total of 27 seats , with the result that the government CDU-Christian Social Union ( CSU ) -Free Democratic Party ( FDP ) coalition , now with 18 seats , lost what had been a one-seat majority . |
| 2 | Today 's announcement comes at the end of what had been a successful decade for the Trust . |
| 3 | They were in what had been a walled garden and was now just a mass of rubble . |
| 4 | On the Monday , the bulldozer moved in and turned what had been a rough path into a track about 8 feet wide . |
| 5 | Said Platt : ‘ The haggling over the contract spoiled what had been a good summer for me . |
| 6 | What had been a small dark circle was a larger dark circle , with just a suspicion of smoke or steam around its edges . |
| 7 | It is shortened to just the second and third phrases , both of which are cadentially ‘ open ’ , and so what had been a self-sufficient arch shape is turned into continuous , open-ended variative repetition ( see Ex. 1.2 ) . |
| 8 | It was midway through the second half of Saturday 's game at Kingsholm , when what had been a fair game , turned foul . |
| 9 | In a few hours she would come face to face once more with that same man who was responsible for his death and this time she was intent on making absolutely sure that what had been a teenage crush on her part remained just that . |
| 10 | The result was that what had been a small-sized cheap labour force became a large well-paid labour force . |
| 11 | But as she made her way back to the table , Polly 's fierce satisfaction at having the last word in what had been a nerve-shattering encounter quickly faded . |
| 12 | Then , in the sixteenth century , what had been a military building was converted by the Albret dynasty , who were now the rulers here , into a sophisticated civilian one , suitable as a home for courtly pursuits — there are some fine Renaissance doorways and windows dating from that conversion on the left and at the far end of the very irregular courtyard into which you first go . |
| 13 | It was his first refreshment in what had been a heavy and unrewarding day ; his leading lady had been difficult , and wanted to marry him ; the audience , confronted with an expensive cast , had been unresponsive . |
| 14 | The Bridges Community Centre was opened in 1987 in what had been a derelict factory canteen on a large industrial site in Monmouth . |
| 15 | She stared down at the floor and the remains of what had been a human being . |
| 16 | From 1971 to 1977 he was the head coach of the Washington Redskins professional football team , and turned what had been a lacklustre bunch into a city 's obsession . |
| 17 | At Bridgwater , in the following month , Vernon Bartlett , a Liberal supporter of the " Peace Alliance " , was elected as a " Progressive " in what had been a National seat . |
| 18 | At this point , the strain on Renee Henry 's marriage became too much , and what had been a troubled relationship crumbled . |