Example sentences of "had been [adv] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their bruised shoulders and backs reminded them that the cai and the French assistants had been particularly vicious that morning . |
| 2 | The fields were spread thick with buttercups and the may blossom which had been particularly plentiful this year was beginning to turn and fall . |
| 3 | Ireland had been slipping out of Britain 's grasp — Sinn Fein had almost swept the board in the local elections , they had set up their own provisional government in Dublin and in some areas of the country theirs was the only authority recognised — and , on top of all that , in September alone there had been over two thousand IRA arms raids . |
| 4 | Apparently there had been yet another terrible scene when the old Doctor , his wits once more restored by salt and water , had discovered that he had again been disobeyed . |
| 5 | Of those temporary workers who did not want a permanent job , nearly half ( 47 per cent ) had been economically inactive one year previously , and less than two per cent had been unemployed . |
| 6 | Eddie had been dead ten long years , a life so abruptly terminated that she had never come to terms with it . |
| 7 | She had been badly hurt some time ago , but her body was dealing with that . |
| 8 | If it had been less populated open country the application may not have been refused . |
| 9 | Still , to look on the bright side : if they had been together all this time , by now they might already be a dull settled couple , instead of which the long separation had preserved the thrill of courtship in their marriage , with letters passing between them constantly . |
| 10 | In 1840 there had been about 10 million Poles — by 1914 there were over 18 million . |
| 11 | The first quarter deficit had been about 80,000 million roubles , although January and February had shown a 12,200 million rouble surplus , as concessions on social spending and tax cuts had been made towards the end of the first quarter . |
| 12 | It became known that we were perilously short of hay because the haytiming on our pastures had been very poor that summer and it was impossible to bring enough in on the horse-drawn sledge on the few occasions we were able to get out . |
| 13 | Rather unfairly , as he had been very nice that morning , it was a few minutes before I remembered there was a third guest present . |
| 14 | ‘ He told me he had been very upset that day . |
| 15 | It had been very hot all day ; they had had exams in the morning and she had done badly because she felt so tired . |
| 16 | He had been very kind this morning about the murder . |
| 17 | As a result there had been very few scientific studies which would make their case harder to win , he said . |
| 18 | ‘ And then Crom Croich eats the hearts , ’ said the soldier , and Cathbad , who had been very busy all afternoon supervising the skinning and jointing of an ox and had been planning to serve braised ox heart for tomorrow 's midday meal , turned quite green and tried to remember if they had any salted pig left . |
| 19 | The chief ambulance officer , Mr Don Page , said last night that they had been very busy all day , and that their use would continue indefinitely — ‘ until ambulancemen and women in South Yorkshire resume normal working ’ . |
| 20 | Opposition MPs claimed that there had been only one small bookmaker in favour and that everyone else had either objected or been neutral . |
| 21 | There had been only one obvious course of action — and that had been to raise the necessary sums by selling the family estate . |
| 22 | Mr McConnell pointed out that there had been only four such incidents since his centre opened in 1988 . |
| 23 | than if it had been so much inert luggage . |
| 24 | But that was only because she had eaten nothing since last night and had been so furious this morning about her father 's gall in writing that damnably cheerful letter . |
| 25 | Shame to disturb his toilette , when he had been so meticulous that morning . |
| 26 | She had been so happy that day . |
| 27 | He had been so angry all day , but why ? |
| 28 | All she could see was Felipe 's face , his dark eyes , the laughter that had been so ready this morning . |
| 29 | The wine , I mean ; the vineyard and vintage , um … whether it was south slope or the soil had been especially acidic that year . " |
| 30 | Trovoada had been under increasing popular pressure to take action against Daio after the latter publicly criticized him on April 3 . |