Example sentences of "that [vb past] [been] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dunes that had been on the left were replaced by a sandstone ridge and the sand on that side of the road was now black . |
| 2 | Although the two firms are still expected to cement an agreement covering Hewlett-Packard taking a 20% stake in Taligent Inc , the Common Operating System Interface announcement is now likely to be toned down , with the participation of other firms that had been in the same swim , such as Santa Cruz Operation Inc and SunSoft Inc , looking increasingly unlikely by the day . |
| 3 | One crucial element in this was the resumption of centre stage by a type of music that had been in the dominant culture throughout Punk rock — black disco music . |
| 4 | Two whaling nations that had been among the largest , the United States and Britain , gave up whaling , and others have recently given up or are showing signs of doing so . |
| 5 | It had been the Jews , together with Prussian militarism , that had been behind the Russian Revolution . |