Example sentences of "had been [adv] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far as she 'd been concerned they had been just friends . |
| 2 | He must have been interviewed during the night of panic following the murder ; in the rational light of dawn he would recognise that his words had been just heroics . |
| 3 | Third Division Bolton had been just seconds from victory before Horne cracked in a superb 35-yard goal to send the tie into extra time , in injury time . |
| 4 | Third Division Bolton had been just seconds from victory before Horne cracked in a superb 35-yard goal to send the tie into extra time , in injury time . |
| 5 | It seemed that she had been here years , and already she had driven a wedge between her and Ben . |
| 6 | Unlike Catholic churches , which had been primarily places of sacrifice , Protestant churches were essentially arenas for the exposition of scripture , and the new auditory style was more appropriate for services dominated by preaching and the reading of the Word . |
| 7 | But the wild ducks carved by Alex Mair had been recognizably ducks , the piquant sauce , new to him , enhanced rather than dominated the taste of the birds , and the small mounds of creamed turnip and parsnip were an agreeable addition to green peas . |
| 8 | It had been literally years once the Shah had drive men in the streets of Teheran . |
| 9 | Strachan had been out weeks , and yet came back and lasted 90 mins . |
| 10 | Since clerics had been essentially servants of the Crown rather than of the Church , the change may not be thought to have made much difference . |
| 11 | And even those captives who 'd got back to Danu , the town I mean , had been merely mice — helpless and squeaking — rolled this way and that as the cat pleased . |
| 12 | Helen who had been there years and years , knew all the ropes , could be relied on to deal tactfully with difficult customers , with the intransigence of the county library system , with errant books and tiresome children . |
| 13 | Whereas prior to his success literate elements in the labouring class had been mainly consumers of literature , now they could take on somewhat more confidently the role of producers in that broader market . |
| 14 | It had been mainly trousers and shirt , and the pyjama bottoms , she remembered . |