Example sentences of "[vb past] been [noun] [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was replaced by Nouri Zorgati , who had been Agriculture Minister until 1991 . |
| 2 | The creation of a republic had been ALP policy since 1981 , but no date had previously been set . |
| 3 | Kryuchkov had been KGB chairman since October 1988 [ see p. 36256 ] and Yazov had been Defence Minister since 1987 . |
| 4 | BK told us this had been base camp for early attempts on Kanchenjunga from the south . |
| 5 | Sacko , a UN Development Programme ( UNDP ) official serving in the Central African Republic , had been Finance Minister for six months before resigning in August 1987 in protest at the unwillingness of Traoré 's government to support him in a drive against corruption [ see pp. 36085-86 ] . |
| 6 | has a wide range of commercial experience and joins us from ( cheese manufacturers ) where he had been finance director since 1988 . |
| 7 | One was Lord Parker ( who had just retired as Lord Chief Justice ) and another was Lord Gardiner ( who had been Lord Chancellor from 1964 to 1970 ) . |
| 8 | She had been Form Mistress of Junior C from 1950 to 1962 and taught with patience , sympathy , and understanding , introducing many boys not only to drama ( as was to be expected ) but also to cricket and football . |
| 9 | He had been Town Sergeant from 1846 , and a formidable character he must have been to any offender . |
| 10 | Lord Rathcreedan , who as Captain Cecil Norton had been Club Captain since 1914 , continued until 1921 , continued until 1921 and Mr. J.C . |
| 11 | He had been Club Captain from 1914–1916 and was President from 1920–23 . |
| 12 | William Jackson had been production manager with one of the largest carpet manufacturing firms in the area , with a worldwide reputation for quality carpets . |
| 13 | He had served six years in the Cabinet under Muldoon , and had been opposition leader since 1986 . |
| 14 | How much intimidation took place after the previous raid is hard to gauge , but in 1955 Charley Head , who had been signals officer with 3 Commando in March 1941 , revisited the islands and learnt that no one was shot after the March raid , although some houses had been burnt down . |
| 15 | Around the time of the bombing , Megrahi had been security chief for Libyan Arab Airlines and Fhimah had been the airline 's station officer in Malta . |