Example sentences of "and [ex0] had [been] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a full week before they reappeared in The Bar ; we had n't seen them for six nights and there had been much discussion . |
| 2 | Ironically , it was a track which Lauda had always opposed on safety grounds and there had been much discussion about the Ring 's lack of safeguards and medical access ( the track is so long , – kilometres , that marshals and safety equipment were not only widely scattered but often whole stretches of the track , such as that where Niki 's car went off , could not be seen from any marshal 's post ) . |
| 3 | Earlier she had played Juliet ; and there had been much adulation showered on her by the public and the newspapers . |
| 4 | Most of the inhabitants had probably escaped into the night , and there had been little killing , although a number of women undoubtedly had been caught and forced to pay the price of conquest . |
| 5 | Tutorial Classes continued to be seen as the most important element in the WEA 's programme and there had been some increase in their provision in recent years . |
| 6 | He was the product of an actual family experience ; his father had fought for the South in the Civil War and there had been some decline from gentility , but he was as much a product of family myth . |
| 7 | The shipyards , the traditional industry , had closed and there had been widespread unemployment . |
| 8 | And there had been careful consultation with residents and their families . |