Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] had [been] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he said that his only concern was to establish whether Mr Ridley 's decision had been in accordance with the law . |
| 2 | I saw nothing of them : the eight-yard-high obelisk was swathed in wooden bandages , as impenetrable as Scott 's Monument had been in Edinburgh . |
| 3 | Hitherto , Blackpool 's aim had been to crush-load its trams to bursting-point , now the object was to give them a comfortable ride for their money . |
| 4 | In the Electoral College , Reagan 's victory had been of landslide proportions , but the popular vote told a different story . |
| 5 | And Goldsborough 's voice had been like velvet . |