Example sentences of "had been [verb] [v-ing] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hamilton had been appointed Acting Headmaster of the Grammar School on Gurney 's departure , and had overseen the move from Dodge Hill to Greek Street of pupils , desks , and fitments , and was the successful candidate from amongst the thirteen ( including one layman ) who applied . |
| 2 | Eighteen days later Lord Keith saw another opportunity to help Mr. Dundas , for a number of new appointments were made in consequence of the commissioning of another captured French vessel , the Carmine , and George Dundas found himself Flag Lieutenant in the Minotaur in place of John Stewart who had been appointed acting commander of another vessel , whose commander in turn had assumed command of the newly commissioned ship . |
| 3 | And by the time local demand declined , a railway had been built enabling apples to be distributed across the entire North American continent . |
| 4 | And he said there were a number of errors in the supervision of Moore after he had been discovered firing shots over the grave of a dead colleague . |
| 5 | A resolution had been tabled urging cooperation with the trade unions , while insisting that in the socialisation of the means of production , distribution and exchange lay the only hope of permanently bettering the means of the wage-earning classes . |
| 6 | We were looking forward to a meal and a quiet evening in Dover when a radio message via Dover Coastguards informed us that another suspect vessel had been spotted heading west through the Straits after sailing from Belgium where she had given the local customs a false destination in Sweden for a large consignment of spirits loaded . |