Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] had been [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in Harding v Price [ 1948 ] 1 All ER 283 it was held that if the driver did not know he had been involved in an accident the section did not apply . |
| 2 | When it was our turn I found he had been right about the word antiquarian giving the immigration officers something to think about . |
| 3 | Cause he had been used to me lookin' after him doon at my mother 's hoose … |
| 4 | Earlier , Det Sgt John Clark had said he had been involved in meetings with other police forces all over the country after a number of raids on TSB branches in which cash dispensers were forced open using oxy-acetylene equipment . |
| 5 | Now that it was happening it seemed it had been inevitable from the start . |
| 6 | During the trial the court had heard from a succession of alleged victims , all now adults , who claimed they had been ill-treated by the Hanbys . |
| 7 | Mr Bérégovoy's's friends claim he had been horrified by accusations of impropriety in accepting an interest-free loan of FFr1m ( $190,000 ) from a shady business friend , who was later charged with insider trading . |
| 8 | Surely God would remember he had been loyal to his king ? |
| 9 | While speaking he had been aware of the Doctor 's red , exasperated features grimacing in the first rank at the foot of the stairs ; he had seemed nervously excited , anxious , impatient that the auction should be over . |
| 10 | It made her feel she had been incompetent in handling her affairs , and she did n't like that . |
| 11 | After his marriage it was rumoured he had been involved in a gambling scandal , but his father-in-law stood by him and it was largely through him that de Burgh was created a marquess in the peerage of Ireland in 1825 and Baron Somerhill in the peerage of the United Kingdom in 1826 . |
| 12 | If ever I felt I had been rude to her or disobedient , I always felt ashamed . |
| 13 | He thought I had been economical with the truth . |
| 14 | What my source was up to , I have no idea ; all I do know is that while the world was waiting to discover how Mrs Thatcher was ever going to be toppled , the most unlikely possibility was that she might admit she had been wrong about something and ask for her P45 without more ado . |
| 15 | She thought she had been sympathetic to him , but , in the pain of love herself , could she have been kinder ? |
| 16 | When her father died it had been necessary for her to do some kind of work and the training in librarianship had seemed the most suitable . |
| 17 | ‘ Because you were so vulnerable , I felt it had been unfair of me to take advantage of you . ’ |
| 18 | Dinah knew he had been kind to Paul , and was bringing out his second book ; and Paul had started on a third . |
| 19 | She knew it had been hard for her Mother when her Father had shipped her off to the United States to escape the war . |
| 20 | Then he had spoilt it by saying that his reasons for leaving Australia had been personal , and she had assumed he had been involved in a similar situation to that with Jennifer . |
| 21 | He brushed the question aside and I realised it had been silly of me to ask it . |
| 22 | In that advocacy , he was subsequently to acknowledge he had been unaware of the problems arising from the Cambridge Board 's maturing plans for such appointments and the issue of providing powers which were to become particularly difficult and threatening to the District a few years later . |
| 23 | There are numerous examples of the poor quality of court-appointed lawyers ; John Young went to his death even though his trial lawyer had signed an affidavit admitting he had been ill-prepared at trial due to drug use , the recent break-up of his marriage and the discovery of his own homosexuality ; another attorney had his breath checked by the judge for signs of alcohol , another was found to be in contempt of court after arriving back from lunch drunk … and so I could go on . |
| 24 | But I did n't want anyone thinking I had been unfaithful to Alan . ’ |
| 25 | She asked after you and was pleased when I told her how well your business was doing and that you seemed in good spirits since she said she had been anxious for you . |
| 26 | ‘ They asked about Joanna , and because I did n't know what was going on I said she had been due at the Leisure Centre at 7pm to take her class . |
| 27 | In that mood she said she had been present at a lot of attacks that had occurred on Ward 4 . |
| 28 | But Ms Armstrong said she had been bemused by the statement . |
| 29 | Lilis in New York also said she had been surprised by the findings . |
| 30 | The lady remembered my visit well , said she had been concerned about me and confided that , to provide me with a good meal , she had walked the five miles into Lochinver and back to buy fresh fish . |