Example sentences of "there [vb past] [been] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guido released her and stepped away , and where there 'd been warmth there was suddenly coldness . |
| 2 | If there 'd been room , I 'd have liked to print a ring of 18 mutants around the central tree . |
| 3 | A hundred years ago they might have made sense , due to ignorance : like the child said , there 'd been talk of witches . |
| 4 | ‘ Ah — there 'd been supper . |
| 5 | There had been love . |
| 6 | There had been speculation over his future after he was dropped by the South-West . |
| 7 | There had been speculation Allied-Lyons would clinch the purchase of the Whitbread operation by teaming with its existing partners Suntory of Japan — whose liqueurs and spirits Allied already markets in the US . |
| 8 | While Chaovalit 's own position had remained unresolved , however , there had been speculation that Chatichai ( who then held the Defence portfolio himself ) would block Suchinda 's candidature with a nomination of his own . |
| 9 | Regarding Afghanistan ( on which there had been speculation that an agreement on a ceasefire was imminent , in view of recent political developments in the country and an unexpected visit by President Najibullah to Moscow in the week preceding the Irkutsk talks ) , both sides agreed on the need for elections , but remained at odds over the transition process . |
| 10 | There had been speculation that soldiers alleged to have been involved in the Tchin-Tabaradene massacre of perhaps hundreds of Tuareg dissidents in May 1990 [ see pp. 37703 ; 37811-12 ] , now fearing justice , might launch a pre-emptive mutiny . |
| 11 | There had been speculation over the candidacy since the SPD 's defeat in the 1990 general election and Engholm 's election as party chair the following May [ see pp. 37904-05 ; 38199 ] . |
| 12 | There had been speculation that the group might be following a secret agenda to regain total power , the agency noted . |
| 13 | Oh , there had been speculation that Scawsby was wrong and the Scotsman had died because of some strange seizure . |
| 14 | There had been speculation that |
| 15 | There had been speculation that Mr Patten would miss a self-imposed deadline and postpone publication of the legislation to allow negotiations with Beijing . |
| 16 | In some cases she suggested that there had been coalescence of settlements , with the abandonment of the earlier pattern of hamlets and combining of lands and holdings . |
| 17 | Telling Luke had given her no satisfaction ; there was no feeling of well-being or sweet revenge , just a cold , forlorn emptiness , where once there had been hope . |
| 18 | There had been dissent over the issue of whether to contest the forthcoming parliamentary elections on separate party lists . |
| 19 | The Court of Appeal has taken the matter a step further in Shomer v B&R Residential Lettings Ltd [ 1992 ] 453 Industrial Relations Legal Information Bulletin 2 , by holding that in making the comparison with a hypothetical sick man , all relevant circumstances must be taken into account so that where , as in this case , there had been misconduct by the pregnant woman , the correct comparison was with a sick man who had also been guilty of misconduct . |
| 20 | There had been concern about his progress at the same stage as there now was for Balbinder 's . |
| 21 | There had been concern that ETA might seek to strike at the Expo 92 Universal Exhibition in Seville , held from April 20 to Oct. 12 , or at the Olympic Games in Barcelona ( July 25-Aug. 9 ) . |
| 22 | There had been concern that while negotiations ground on the playing side of the club was suffering . |
| 23 | Although he did n't actually say there had been competition , the implication was very strong . ’ |
| 24 | Pressures from the consumer market to go for cheaper and more efficient plant ( which earlier , when there had been competition from generation by private industry , was a major spur to efficiency for CEB planners and the undertakings ) was now less effective . |
| 25 | Although there had been correspondence with the Beddington and Wallington Council about the low bridge in Manor Road , Wallington , the new routing avoided that too . |
| 26 | A statement released this morning confirmed there had been contact but details are yet to emerge . |
| 27 | Erm I know there had been occasion when we had people sleeping on the the stairway and you know , I think occasionally and but I think sometimes that was maybe somebody got home from a blues party , and had too much to drink or something , and they came into the warm , the heat w from the the downstairs flat , er k comes up on the stairwell , and I know there was someone sleeping there . |
| 28 | In some of these cases the defendant appeared mentally normal when examined by the doctor , but the doctor was none the less willing to infer from the circumstances that there had been abnormality of mind at the time of the killing , and to write a report which brought this within section 2 . |
| 29 | On a few of the more established family units there had been development into quite considerable contracting businesses which enabled the family to continue to live on or around the farm . |
| 30 | Since late July in cities across the country there had been work stoppages and demonstrations in protest at the lack of cigarettes , in many cases degenerating into rioting . |