Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] had been [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her cousin 's look had been full of spite . |
| 2 | A typical Capricorn characteristic , if Debbie 's notes had been accurate in any way at all ! |
| 3 | SMETANA and Dvorak — the RSNO 's programme had been tailor-made for Walter Weller and one had looked forward to a good wallow ; to tunes , and torrents of the particularly lush sounds he and his orchestra make together . |
| 4 | Elise 's parents had been involved in that accident , too , and it was only after the two cousins lost their families that they became so close . |
| 5 | Jenny 's home had been one of constant arguments and rows . |
| 6 | ( Part of Arnold 's failure had been due to his poor delivery as few could actually hear his mumbled address . ) |
| 7 | This week 's conference had been superfluous since Sunday 's vote to prevent amendments to the policy review documents , he said . |
| 8 | Neither Lady Amory nor Sir John had any practical experience , but Lady Amory 's father had been fond of altering gardens : ‘ He was very kind and always said you must help in the garden whenever you want to , but you know you 've got to have your own garden , you ca n't do it in your father 's garden . ’ |
| 9 | No recording of Jenkins 's music had been available for years before the Thorofon CD , and now this Astrée issue comes onto the market , as if to underline how huge a gap in the recorded repertoire that was . |
| 10 | ’ One traditional way of discovering God 's will had been that of the biblical sortes — the question would be posed and the Bible then opened at random . |
| 11 | Whereas John 's will had been full of retribution , Jennie in one sentence thanked the thirteen people she considered important in her life and asked that they should simply ‘ share and share alike ’ . |
| 12 | Tony 's interests had been wider at one time , but now his mind was full of plans for his marriage with Helen , and his new car . |
| 13 | Even if Crabb 's next-of-kin had been dissatisfied with the official explanation and had made such a fuss that the government was forced to hold some sort of inquiry the truth would still not have been told . |
| 14 | Twelveheads was near Wesley 's revival centre at Gwennap pit ; Bray 's grandfather had been one of his converts and had helped to build the Twelveheads chapel . |
| 15 | The months since she 'd left her father 's house had been tough in a number of ways ; she 'd known loneliness a lot of the time , solitude hardly at all . |
| 16 | Mary-Claude 's pregnancy had been troublesome from the start , even without the stress of a month 's separation and having to cope by herself with the move back from Cyprus , and Coleman was exhausted from a gruelling month of detailed debriefings by a stream of DIA officers and analysts at an assortment of Ramada Inns in the Baltimore/Washington area . |
| 17 | His friend and doctor , Dr James Mortimer , said that Sir Charles ' heart had been weak for some time . |
| 18 | The sorry plight of an ailing club continued with the news that a supporters ' coach had been involved in a crash and that only 12 youngsters could be rounded up to take on Leicester in a youth match . |
| 19 | The crucial evidence was that there was no indication that the manner of Williams ' driving had been unsuited to the road conditions , and she had not been drinking . |
| 20 | Knowing that BRM 's 1.5-litre V8 engine had been superior to the Climax , Rudd took the existing proportions to create an engine twice as big and with two crankshafts . |