Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv] been [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But life had not always been that way with Moby . |
| 2 | Carole said that she always brought everything including the kitchen sink because she 'd stayed in the past in basecamps where there had n't even been enough mattresses to go round ; one in South Wales had been a wooden hut with gas lights and a fridge half a mile away . |
| 3 | Winbush had n't really been any help . |
| 4 | It had n't always been that way . |
| 5 | Although the Constitution made provision for referenda , there had never previously been any exercise of this kind . |
| 6 | Because there had never truly been enough height and the angle of the ceiling was so acute , nothing was ever quite symmetrical and balanced , and cupboards and wall space were eccentric and fortuitous . |