Example sentences of "[been] [noun prp] [pron] " in BNC.
Previous page Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 31 | But even in their search , strictly speaking , it had been Peter who had succeeded and not he . |
| 32 | In previous relationships it had always been Lotta who had moved on to better things ; she 'd never been rejected before and she felt angry and humiliated , particularly as she saw her standard of living about to fall . ’ |
| 33 | It was disturbing , in an invigorating sort of way , because it had always been Mandy who saw her beauty , no matter what . |
| 34 | But it had been Sandra he 'd called darling . |
| 35 | It may actually have been Gandhi who was responsible for his optimism about this . |
| 36 | It was therefore natural that it should have been Braque who solved the present problem , largely a technical one , of finding a new , easier means of representing the new concepts of pictorial form and space in all their fullness and complexity . |
| 37 | If she had been Nick she would have cried , or at least put on a hurt face . |
| 38 | The British critic Bryher regarded the film as ‘ the first authentic comment on the War ’ , praised particularly the depiction of enlistment , and poured scorn on those other British critics who had disliked the film 's suggestion that it had been America who had won the war . |
| 39 | No French nation was waiting in 1500 to emerge in the concept of France ; and it could just as well have been Burgundy which assumed that role . |
| 40 | It occurred to her that it could have been Antoinette herself watching them , but she dismissed that almost at once . |
| 41 | Since his wife died it 's been Cissie who 's looked after everything . ’ |
| 42 | Although this is the first recorded instance of a private undertaker being used by the royal household it is possible that they had been previously involved in some small way in royal funerals , for it is doubtful that the College of Arms provided coffins and it would seem probable that they contracted this out to the trade , to people such as William Russell — indeed , could it have been Russell who provided the coffin for Queen Mary in late December 1694 ? |
| 43 | ‘ If it had been Jonathan I should n't have heard him ; he and Sarah were like cats about the house . ’ |