Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [vb past] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until we came to the Furka I 'd been impressed by the Spirit R/T , surprised by the agility of its handling , the sensitivity and accuracy of its power-assisted rack-and-pinion steering , the breadth of the uninterrupted acceleration from its powerful turbocharged engine , the lightness of the controls and the quality of the gearchange . |
| 2 | Before I began the formal research I had been aware from the few parents of children with trisomy 21 I knew that there was more disquiet about their negotiations with professionals and the treatment of their children than had made its way into the academic and professional literature on parents and families . |
| 3 | During the previous six months I had been able to keep a more watchful eye on the whereabouts of the elusive Charlie , thanks to the help of a young officer Daphne had introduced me to who worked in the War Office . |
| 4 | ‘ When she was writing Rebecca she had been married for about four years , had one child and during the writing of the book , had her second child . |
| 5 | On a week 's package holiday at the time , the first break she had been able to afford since leaving drama school , it had taken her all of five minutes to make up her mind to stay . |
| 6 | The motif of the yoke was originally the emblem of Isabella of Castile , Mariana 's distant predecessor , who had been responsible for sending Columbus on his first transatlantic voyage in 1492 ; in other words she had been responsible for initiating the whole colonial process ( Fig. 12 ) . |
| 7 | Even in their heyday they had been fluid entities which could be dormant in specific areas for years at a time , but the decline at the turn of the century was much more widespread than earlier fluctuations . |
| 8 | On the question of whether as adviser he had been privy to confidential information , he said : ‘ Any ( management ) buyout is party to information other buyers wo n't have . ’ |
| 9 | When he returned to the Gold Coast he had been absent for 12 years : he had departed far too young to have made any mark . |
| 10 | Even with Palottino he had been discreet , not mentioning what the kidnapper had said to him . |
| 11 | There was no logical reason why they should add to the vague tension he 'd been conscious of all day . |
| 12 | Perhaps because this was an interview he had been glad to postpone , even temporarily . |
| 13 | As a student in Trinity College he had been used to doing six hours a week . |
| 14 | A statement by the provisional government of Eritrea on Aug. 1 said that over 82,000 prisoners of war and former government officials , and over 43,000 of their relatives , had been repatriated from Eritrea ; it said that in view of severe food shortages it had been impossible to feed them . |
| 15 | The Deputy Director of the SIS was a man you could pass in the street without noticing , an effect he 'd been careful to cultivate . |
| 16 | But the shed at the side of the road had been unlocked , and when he peered into it the outline of the covered carriage he had been able to make out in the darkness promised adequate protection and a degree of comfort . |
| 17 | At the same time she could n't help but wonder about the fact that in the space of twelve months he had been involved in three relationships , Anna Wallace , Amanda Knatchbull and herself , any one of which could have ended in marriage . |
| 18 | For some while he had suffered from phlebitis and several times in the previous months he had been unable to speak at meetings . |
| 19 | For almost two months he 'd been worried for his son . |
| 20 | Before returning from England I had been able to recruit a very competent English journalist , F.W. Benton , who soon improved the quality of our English daily . |
| 21 | With Giles she had been able to turn her back and walk away . |
| 22 | No wonder she 'd been desperate to have contact with the Foundling Hospital . |
| 23 | He 'd blame it all on the beer and the sherry , he 'd say with a laugh she 'd been right to tell him not to take any . |
| 24 | She was not going to fall in love with him , but even as she said this vehemently to herself , Sara was afraid that she had already gone over the precipice she had been conscious of this morning . |
| 25 | What had Julius seen in the nineteen-year-old girl she had been five years ago that had made him want to grab her and marry her , without even really knowing her ? |
| 26 | Adeane was also unhappy about his association with Operation Raleigh , an ambitious round-the-world sailing venture , the second he had been involved with , run by the explorer John Blashford-Snell . |
| 27 | As a child he had been unable to cope with the passions around him ; he had hidden himself away in books , consoling himself with golden reveries . |
| 28 | As a child it had been embarrassing and as both teachers and playmates had looked askance at the familiarity she 'd reverted to the ubiquitous ‘ Mum ’ in their presence , but woe betide her if she had lapsed into this form of address in Margaret 's presence ! |
| 29 | On admission she had been anuric for 24 h ( haemoglobin 4.4 g/dL , potassium 4.1 mmol/L , creatinine 937 mmol/L , urea 119 mmol/L , lactic dehydrogenase 3327 IU/L , platelets 71×10/L ) . |
| 30 | There was just one thing she had to get hold of before she left — the only wedding present she had been prepared to accept from William Ash . |