Example sentences of "had been [adj] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eckstein found in Mexico that in over three generations , there had been little upward occupational mobility , especially into the white-collar class ( Eckstein 1977 ) . |
| 2 | He had been Liberal Unionist Chief Whip , with Joseph Chamberlain at the Colonial Office , First Lord of the Admiralty , Milner 's successor in South Africa , and a ditcher over the House of Lords . |
| 3 | Since time immemorial ‘ Staggy ’ had been drip-feeding ambitious junior researchers with toxin , preparing them for the stronger poisons which lay ahead . |
| 4 | There had been two Argentine naval officers , one on the tug and the other on the Santa Maria , and he had seen at least six crew , but he did not know the names of any of them . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , where there had been four interlinked Catholic countries before November 1558 , France , Spain , England and Scotland , there were now three ; the possibility of advancing the Protestant cause in Scotland with help from England , dead for five years , was once again open . |
| 6 | This was prompted by the costs of war-indeed , since the renewal of the conflict with France in 1369 there had been several major fiscal exactions , of which the three poll taxes were the last . |
| 7 | In addition , there had been several successive bad harvests , and a phylloxera epidemic which devastated the vineyards . |
| 8 | Surely she 'd have noticed if there had been any other forced entry . |
| 9 | The Prime Minister has again denied that there had been any direct British assistance to the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia . |
| 10 | There had been some appalling bad luck at a place not far from Dunkerque called Furnes . |
| 11 | There had been some notable public defections from the Thatcher camp by some of her erstwhile ardent supporters — including Edwina Currie and Emma Nicholson — but many MPs clearly feared possible retribution from their constituency parties , most of which were strongly supportive of Mrs Thatcher . |
| 12 | There had been some hefty wooden icons hanging up on the walls , and , if they had burnt , then there would have been something left of them lying around on the floor . |
| 13 | Pham Van Dong in Paris , as well as Giap in Hanoi , had a comparable distrust of French intentions and , since elections of a kind had been held in January 1946 , the Vietminh had been busy consolidating communist power at the centre of a nationalist movement which , in its external aspect , impressed many observers with its moderation . |