Example sentences of "[conj] had [adv] [been] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Rachel could see the reasoning behind that , but nevertheless felt angry towards Damian Flint — not because he had so obviously done the right thing , but because he was so clearly in complete control of a situation that had always been beyond Rachel .
2 There was a book that had always been in Primrose Cottage , a thick book with a torn green dust-jacket .
3 For somebody that had never been in sales before you remember a lot from the course
4 ‘ He was a devoted husband and had n't been on holiday for two years , ’ said son Liam , of Oundle , Northants .
5 ‘ He was a devoted husband and had not been on holidays for two years , ’ said Liam .
6 The ancient Egyptians had ready access to gold , mined as well as alluvial , in the eastern desert , and had already been in contact with south-west Asia during their Predynastic phase .
7 The Pontormo , a Mannerist masterpiece painted in 1537 , belonged to the late Chauncey Stillman and had long been on loan to the Frick collection in New York .
8 We were in our own parish and had never been to Henfield at all … we said we would obey the law , if they would show us any part that empowered them to take a man from his own poorhouse and put him into one of another parish .
9 By a notice of appeal dated 13 August 1991 the applicant appealed against that decision of the Divisional Court on the grounds , inter alia , that it had erred ( 1 ) in holding that there was no obligation on Lautro to give the applicant an opportunity to make representations prior to the issue of that notice ; ( 2 ) in asserting that there was a principle of law that a regulatory body should know with precision from whom they must invite representations ; ( 3 ) in perceiving any difficulty in identifying persons who should have been given advance notification , so as to be treated fairly , of any proposals by Lautro to issue a notice since such notification should at least be given to anyone who would be directly affected by such a notice and/or whose conduct was in issue ; ( 4 ) in regarding as apposite the remarks of Lord Diplock in Cheall v. Association of Professional Executive Clerical and Computer Staff [ 1983 ] 2 A.C. 180 , 190A since the non-application of the legal concept of natural justice to all persons effected by but not parties to a dispute was not and had never been in issue ; and ( 5 ) in failing to have regard to the absence of any rights of appeal according to the rules of Lautro in deciding whether the principle of natural justice applied .
10 He came from a good , supportive family and had never been in trouble before .
11 Edgar Prais , prosecuting , said the mother was a single parent and had never been in trouble before .
12 She had had no serious illnesses in the past and had never been in hospital .
13 Psychiatry was new and had only been in practice since 1879 ; neuroses and psychoses were thought to be untreatable .
14 Rex was employed as a toy importer but had also been in wine importation before he joined Khai Eng full-time towards the end of the first year .
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