Example sentences of "[vb past] be [noun pl] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | There had been cows in that yard outside and horses stabled around . |
| 32 | There had been nights like this years ago , when they were younger , before there was a house and a television set , before they were married . |
| 33 | Olav , born on July 2 , 1903 , and his father Haakon VII had been symbols of Norwegian resistance to the Nazi occupation , during the Second World War . |
| 34 | Within the Miners ' Federation and the Amalgamated Engineering Union , which had been centres for anti-war activity in 1916 , the Communist position still received some support . |
| 35 | Before the end of 1891 there had been strikes against free labour at Aberdeen , Plymouth , Liverpool , Shields , Newcastle , Leith , Hull , Glasgow , Hartlepool , Middlesbrough and Swansea , all of which resulted in a weakening of the union . |