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

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1 It had all been washed out .
2 And then Mr then erm dismissed my concerns for affordable supply in that it had all been said before .
3 all the satellites hanging down it was very good the way it had all been done in , in that respect but what I found was the first bit was very boring , I found but when it got going a bit it was better but the whole moral of the story was that nowhere is perfect to live but it 's hard for y young children like this
4 And it was all new fences and it had all been it had been .
5 And if they knew it had all been
6 What got in the press last week in fact was a few days late , it had all been sorted out .
7 The idea of siphoning the matured learning of the Universities to the industrial and agricultural areas is as fresh and germane as if it had first been thought of last night .
8 We also told him that , as a matter of policy , regardless of the legal situation , we certainly would n't be prepared to offer the painting for sale unless it had first been offered to the museum to see whether it would be possible for them to re-acquire it .
9 It had first been established in 1979 , and was renewed for three years in 1989. * Evidence has emerged of continued " pirate whaling " in the south Atlantic .
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