Example sentences of "[noun sg] had been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It appeared to make no difference whether the borough had been charge-capped . |
| 2 | He 'd never asked me that before , but in fact my religion had been important to me all along ; he only asked me that day because I had my head covered . |
| 3 | In other words , I was trying to establish whether religion had been important enough in the interviewees ' childhood ( at least , as it was now remembered ) for it to be mentioned , without any prompting on my part ; and then , I would try not to prejudge what the interviewees thought was involved in religion , but let them decide what aspect would come out ‘ naturally ’ — whether they would talk about the institutionalised churches , private prayer , a personal relationship with God , a way of looking at the world or the ultimate meaning of their existence . |
| 4 | Then it had suddenly been galloping over the sleeping bodies of a large wolf pack and , again , its mad speed had been such that the furious yelping had been left far behind . |
| 5 | The Association had been first instituted in 1380 and given the status of Corporation in 1555 by Mary of Lorraine who founded Trinity Hospital . |
| 6 | Members of the University Lecturers Association had been due to take part in a second one-day strike at the university in Aberdeen . |
| 7 | Given that our Association had been 75 years outside the wider Trade Union Movement , our Delegates were concerned at what type of reception they might receive from the Conference . |
| 8 | On the field at Culloden , the last of the Boyd clan horse had been disarrayed and the strength reduced to footsoldiering . |
| 9 | Gradually she had come to terms with it , accepted it as a fact of life , though the grief had been longer in going and the sadness was still sometimes there , an echo in the night . |
| 10 | Richard Rowntree , the chairman of the bench , told Mr Smith that if they had taken the view that the ill treatment of his stock had been deliberate , their decision would have been a lot different . |
| 11 | He had been employed before 1917 in the archives of the foreign ministry and one of his ancestors on his mother 's side had been Russian ambassador in Vienna during the 1814 – 15 congress . |
| 12 | The house on our western side had been empty for years . |
| 13 | Blackberry 's reasoning had been first-rate and Bigwig had at least shown which way any sound-hearted rabbit would be likely to lean . |
| 14 | She did not think it necessary to tell him that the University administration had been obliged to circulate all members of staff with a memorandum asking them , if they had been on strike , to volunteer the information ( since there was no other way of finding out ) so that their pay could be docked . |
| 15 | Previously , the Aquino administration had been reluctant to charge Marcos or his wife with a criminal offence , for fear that their presence in the country could provoke an uprising by their supporters . |
| 16 | The defence case was primarily that the shooting had been accidental . |
| 17 | He was reminded of his right of silence by being cautioned on two occasions within a short time of his arrival and , acting on the advice of his attorney , he remained silent when he might have been expected to explain that the shooting had been due to an accident . |
| 18 | They claimed to have killed up to 200 government soldiers , especially in the provinces of Chalatenango , Morazan and Usulutan where fighting had been fiercest , and to have " neutralized " the main Ilopango air base near the capital , San Salvador . |
| 19 | At least in his judgment of French national psychology , Falkenhayn 's appreciation had been accurate . |
| 20 | In the event , Lord Hanson sold his stake at a profit after a year , but the episode had been catalytic . |
| 21 | And if the truth of your conception had been discovered- ’ |
| 22 | Bidding at the antiques and collectors items auction had been lively and the programme was bought by a man from Chelmsford , she said . |
| 23 | They were convicted in the magistrates ' court , but appealed successfully to the Divisional Court on the ground that the question whether their obstruction had been reasonable had not been adequately considered . |
| 24 | Centre director Anthony Roberts learned yesterday the bid had been successful . |
| 25 | A number of previous attempts to penetrate this male club had been unsuccessful , with the raiding parties being driven back by irate men . |
| 26 | His contribution to the Club had been enormous and momentous . |
| 27 | But the girls ' whispering had been right . |
| 28 | The seat had been Tory since 1970 and had been held since 1974 by Sir Charles , who retained it with a sizeable personal vote . |
| 29 | Perhaps the swank had been right in that one respect when he jeered at Biff 's diligent efforts in the Scriptory … |
| 30 | ‘ By the way , ’ she began , hardly able to credit that , when earlier that morning her car had been such a concern to her , great expanses of time should now elapse without her giving it so much as a thought , ‘ could you tell me the name of the garage where my car — ’ |