Example sentences of "[noun prp] had been [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Hugo was at Balliol , Stephen Lampart had been his closest friend . |
| 2 | Appeasement did not work , because nothing short of a united Ireland had been their ‘ real ’ ambition from the start . |
| 3 | After all , Anthony had been his son too . |
| 4 | The word stirred her , and she recalled what her mother had said to her the previous day : that Cork had been her home all her life , with no suffering and no want — a safe and secure home . |
| 5 | The soybean sting in Chicago had been his . |
| 6 | Bullock had been one up after 15 holes but Davies pulled back the deficit at the 16th and held on to finish the match all square . |
| 7 | The only reason I was here was because Joyce , who was to spend the first two days at the Centre with me , had continuously reminded me on the journey that the decision to go to Bristol had been mine and mine alone . |
| 8 | If Lily had been your mother , I just ca n't imagine her ever giving you up . ’ |
| 9 | Up till then Africa had been her life . |
| 10 | I wondered what I would have been like if Lili had been my mother , but it was impossible to imagine Lili in the depths of maternity . |
| 11 | Gladys had been his wife . |
| 12 | Not that the gay Oz had been his idea , or even that he had provided much input , apart from advice on the telephone . |
| 13 | Irene had been her friend . |
| 14 | A beautiful face in a photograph , a few misty memories , a haunting perfume tugging at her senses , and Paula had been whatever Harriet wanted her to be . |
| 15 | Jack had been his uncle 's heir . |
| 16 | Tim Skerritt had been his playmate . |
| 17 | The Sabra and Chatila massacres in Lebanon had been one ; the scale of brutality was ungraspable . |
| 18 | Mary Moxton had been his mum 's friend more than anyone 's , and Uncle Titch his grandad 's , and it had hit them harder than most . |
| 19 | Gullholm had been her entire world for almost a fortnight , except for the trip to the nursing home . |
| 20 | Strachan had been his usual sparkling self for much of the game but even he started to f- up . |
| 21 | Terry Rourke had been her father 's chauffeur , a handsome , black-haired Irishman , with a lively , impudent face , quite unlike Dr Neil 's . |
| 22 | Hugh Lorimer had been her solicitor for years ; he was also a family friend . |
| 23 | Walther Kaas had been his best man in the Stasi , had fulfilled everything Kragan had ever asked of him . |
| 24 | The try-out in Brighton had been something less than brilliant and Michael Bryant was not impressed by Ken . |
| 25 | Suspicion had been his watchword and perhaps Miss Labrooy 's as well . |
| 26 | Nightingale had been her father 's amah for five years , and was younger than Rachel , but was hard-working and loyal , kept the villa as clean as a new pin , and was becoming a part of the family . |
| 27 | William had been his yard foreman , caring for the horses as well as being in charge of the carmen , and yet all the years of friendship and good service had in the end counted for nothing . |
| 28 | The background was that Stanley 's first wife had died six years previously , and Joan had been her best friend . |
| 29 | Olvia had been her name . |
| 30 | Bartholomew had been their leader . |