Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb past] [been] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reported cases are small in number , and it may be true that in some ( not all ) of these cases the degree of trauma suffered by the wife is less than if the rape had been by another man ; but abolition of the marital-rape exemption is surely important as a statement of the married woman 's autonomy and freedom of choice in sexual matters . |
| 2 | The Cooperative had been in severe financial difficulties for several years and in 1981 , after its own bank had withdrawn its support , it turned for help to the Canadian Cooperative Credit Society . |
| 3 | The boy had been at best lethargic , uncooperative , at worst disruptive to the point of actual physical violence . |
| 4 | Originally the tax had been on each house ( or chimney ) and not a lump sum paid by diocese , and in 1205 Innocent III attempted to get the full amount , seeking Peter 's Pence " from each house that smoke comes out of " . |
| 5 | ‘ If the business had been in good heart it would have cost you a great deal more . |
| 6 | The economy had been in serious trouble during 1972 and 1973 . |
| 7 | The barrier had been in perfect order when I arrived — boards secure , nailheads flush — so through I 'd come , tugging it all closed behind me . |
| 8 | She carried their drinks into the living room and asked Ralph if he had managed to see his solicitor ; the appointment had been at 2 p.m . |
| 9 | I wanted to get on with the drop — the pilot had been in that freezing water for long enough ! i changed to a right-hand hold , then I talked to my passengers as much as possible to keep them calm and show that everything was under control . |
| 10 | When the incident had been over several minutes , Robert appeared , flustered because Lionel was not yet ready . |
| 11 | For most of the leaders among the Owenites the distinction only showed itself in their recognition that the Bill had done nothing for working people ; that since the prime need , as they saw it , was to act directly to remove the evils of a system which grievously oppressed the lives of working people , the Bill had been at best an irrelevance , at worst a distraction . |
| 12 | Or again , the Friar had been in that area when last seen . |
| 13 | The last occasion upon which a Canadian Prime Minister had attempted to use the British monarch to alter the composition of the Senate had been in 1874 , when Queen Victoria had rejected a request from Alexander Mackenzie . |
| 14 | About half the planting under the scheme had been of broadleaved trees or native pinewoods . |
| 15 | Dexter guessed that if the conversation had been in private , Blanche would have said , ‘ He sat down and opened a bottle of Bollinger ‘ 59 actually — what do you think ? ’ |
| 16 | He composed his blends not only according to the flavour of the juice , but also according to what the weather had been like that year — an early or late development , depending on the amount of cold or rain there had been — and according to whether the vines had grown a rich or mediocre foliage . |