Example sentences of "[that] [verb] [adv] been [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the late 1980s , the French CGE-controlled Alcatel NV became the world telecoms number two company ; France 's state-controlled Groupe Bull acquired 42.5 per cent ( March 1987 ) of the US computing firm Honeywell Inc. that had previously been its shareholder ; another French company , Thomson , acquired the TV manufacturing division of America 's General Electric , and joined Philips in competing in television equipment manufacturing against the Japanese . |
| 2 | Once a fortnight on a Sunday afternoon the girls went to tea with Gran Bristow in the little house that had once been their home . |
| 3 | He felt detached , as if he was floating high up above them and the executioners were only playing with the useless bundle of flesh that had once been his body . |
| 4 | In the closing rounds Eubank , sensing that his title was on the line , dropped the facade of arrogance that had earlier been his hallmark . |
| 5 | How dared he do this to her — how dared he rob her of something that had always been her life 's blood ? |
| 6 | And that had always been my intention . ’ |
| 7 | Considering this question , with some surprise Robbie realised that had never been her aim — until she 'd met Fen Marshall . |
| 8 | Tom Mekon handles the vocal with the clear precise choirboy voice that 's always been his strength . |
| 9 | Tom Mekon handles the vocal with the clear precise choirboy voice that 's always been his strength . |