Example sentences of "[adv] i [vb past] been [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I had been right about that . |
| 2 | Not half an hour back I had been dewy-eyed with nostalgia for him . |
| 3 | To think that not so long ago I had been one of these creatures , peddling off through the drizzle to a dead-end job ! |
| 4 | Maybe I 'd been wrong about Bonanza after all . |
| 5 | I was just as mystified , but then , I could n't explain how I 'd been aware of her presence on our previous visit . |
| 6 | There I had been present at the celebrations marking the Golden Jubilee of St Joseph 's College , Sasse , ( pronounced Sassay ) , where I used to teach . |