Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb past] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Victory , perhaps to their own surprise , now seemed almost within the invaders ' grasp but at a Council of War , held at the prince 's headquarters in Exeter House , Derby , on the morning of Thursday 5 December , Lord George Murray , whose tactics so far had been masterly , astounded his fellow-commanders by remarking that ‘ the first thing to be spoken of was how far it was prudent to advance further ’ . |
| 2 | Cotterell 's experience so far had been that RCO had virtually pre-written most of Carson 's material for him . |
| 3 | The treatment so far had been innocuous : quinine pills and injections of alum water . |
| 4 | Work on the Glenburrell Bridge had been slower than hoped for as there had been some discussion with the County Council as to ownership . |
| 5 | Today though had been different . |
| 6 | Earlier on there had been one or two screams , but no more . |
| 7 | There always had been that part of him , rarely seen , that she did n't understand . |
| 8 | There always had been ambivalent feelings between father and oldest son . |
| 9 | There always had been these moments between them when she had to give way , against reason , against sense : he simply had to win . |
| 10 | There never had been such a moment , for critics ; there has never been such a moment since . |
| 11 | And beneath their feeding place where yesterday had been snowy white , was today damp and brown with mud and warm droppings . |