Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun prp] [vb past] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he had demanded to know what it was , and finally poor Louise had been obliged to explain what had happened . |
| 2 | Half of a perfectly good Sunday had been wasted , but there were still several hours till dark . |
| 3 | Since about 1938 Ho had been in China , first at the communist headquarters in Yenan then , apparently , with Chinese Nationalist forces , finally in Kwangsi and Yunnan which were close enough for him to attempt to resume contact with the Party inside Vietnam . |
| 4 | Even old Florence had been brought in and sat in the most comfortable armchair while they talked . |
| 5 | Future events were to prove just how right Stirling had been in making the latter observations and how his basic principles were to be constantly watered down by interference from outside bodies trying to get their hands on the SAS Regiment , which achieved its greatest successes when left to its own devices . |
| 6 | And it dawned upon him suddenly how right Hugh had been in saying that he , Cadfael , spoke by instinct of this hollow reliquary , as good as empty , as though it truly contained the wonder whose name it bore . |
| 7 | It hit me just how right Anne had been when she said that teaching was the only job I knew — and how horribly ill-equipped I was for anything else . |
| 8 | Ari found it was strangely comforting to be told how confused Ewan had been at the time he 'd turned his back on his family . |
| 9 | It was funny how good Adam had been at naming things , the rooms in the house , the house itself even , or at naming the idea of it , the concept , Ecalpemos . |
| 10 | How long Joe had been in the marsh she did not know , but it was a very lonely spot , and he could have been there for hours and hours — perhaps even all through the night , thought Cheryl . |
| 11 | The outcome showed both how near and how far Bohr had been with his improvising stab at reality . |
| 12 | As I read it , I was sad to think how miserable Anne had been , in a big house away from home , where no one understood her . |
| 13 | Mistress Philippa smiled and stepped forward into the light and Athelstan realised just how boorish Cranston had been . |
| 14 | She remembered how disagreeable Mary had been when she first arrived . |
| 15 | And she knew how urgent and fervent their kisses had been , how close Lucy had been to abandoning whatever it was that held her back , made her withhold her beautiful body . |
| 16 | Dad was told how naughty James had been and then shouted at him and sent him to the bedroom . |
| 17 | The Ingushetia conflict had caused more than 300 deaths , according to the Guardian of Nov. 20 , and over 50,000 Ingush had been forced to flee their homes in North Ossetia . |
| 18 | In expressing his regret at the violence Roman reinforced the Romanian government 's commitment to minority rights , at the same time pleading for an understanding of the views of Transylvanian Romanians , who had suffered greatly between 1940 and 1944 when northern Transylvania had been under Hungarian rule . |
| 19 | It was all too clear Auguste had been out enjoying the pleasures of Broadstairs , one of which was just disappearing up the main staircase , folding up her parasol . |
| 20 | Jenny 's daddy did n't know how to thank her enough , either , when he came up — especially when he and Miss Clinton went down to the Brownies ' Bridge and saw the swollen river and realised how very brave Jenny had been to cross it . |
| 21 | ‘ When he was very small Helen had been all that he was not ; wise , mature , equipped with skills and resources . |