Example sentences of "there had [been] [adj] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the farmer admitted that there had been many applicants for the job already , but each had been driven out of the stall by the horse . |
| 2 | That claim was denied but TV Licensing conceded that there had been insufficient grounds for obtaining the warrant . |
| 3 | If there had been any grounds for suspicion , it 'd be a different case . ’ |
| 4 | Whereas there had been 12.8 workers for every verst of line in 1913 there were 10.4 in 1922 . |
| 5 | During the interwar years there had been several proposals for something that would go beyond this to involve governments , and in 1938 the idea of a Nordic Council had been proposed by Denmark . |
| 6 | Granada has a £63million stake in BSB and said there had been several approaches for Alan Bond 's major stake in the venture . |