Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] had [been] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he said that his only concern was to establish whether Mr Ridley 's decision had been in accordance with the law . |
| 2 | ‘ Jill Jones 's album had been on the shelf for so long that when it did come out , it sounded old , ’ she reveals . |
| 3 | I saw nothing of them : the eight-yard-high obelisk was swathed in wooden bandages , as impenetrable as Scott 's Monument had been in Edinburgh . |
| 4 | Where Peach 's pen had been in the window was a cage with a snake in it , curled up on straw . |
| 5 | Neither of Jo 's parents had been to Europe since her father returned from the war . |
| 6 | The disaffected Vicar 's warden had been on the phone to the Archdeacon 's secretary by five-thirty on Friday evening . |
| 7 | Hitherto , Blackpool 's aim had been to crush-load its trams to bursting-point , now the object was to give them a comfortable ride for their money . |
| 8 | A thick weekend , McLeish decided , trying to think how best to establish what Yeo 's relationship had been with the dead girl . |
| 9 | but on the occasions that we are concerned with none of The Society 's locos had been in steam so therefore can not be blamed for the incident . |
| 10 | It was funny , in a Lewis Carroll sort of way , and at least the result was passable , if only as a trade magazine , whereas the woman 's magazine had been beyond a joke and she could not bear to look at the end product . |
| 11 | John Baring 's father had been from 1882 senior partner in the merchant bank of Baring Brothers , and he himself joined the firm on leaving Cambridge , served his apprenticeship as a clerk , travelled widely in North and South America , and was made a full partner early in 1890 . |
| 12 | You might be interested to note that a member of Forward 's staff had been on the committee for two years but was , unfortunately , unable to stay on this year due to pressure of work . |
| 13 | Bill 's orders had been for Captive Audience to lead Shine On at racing speed over six furlongs , then for them both to stride out for home over the last two furlongs . |
| 14 | In the Electoral College , Reagan 's victory had been of landslide proportions , but the popular vote told a different story . |
| 15 | On a visit to his mother he began to ask her what his father 's life had been like . |
| 16 | And Goldsborough 's voice had been like velvet . |
| 17 | Though the sack of Delphi by the Celts is a legend , Apollo 's city had been in actual danger of being sacked . |
| 18 | Since the end of March control of Moscow 's police had been with a new directorate headed by USSR First Deputy Interior Minster Ivan Shilov and responsible directly to the USSR Interior Ministry [ see p. 38080 ] . |
| 19 | One minute Patsy 's hands had been by his side , the next moment Mike 's nose was split and the blood was gushing down his face and flooding the back of his throat . |
| 20 | Gerry 's ship had been in the Albert Dock and they had just finished papering the front bedroom . |
| 21 | Foster 's nerves had been on edge all through his tour of duty in the alley . |
| 22 | Still staring at Gwen , her thoughts in chaos , the knowledge that Leo 's interest had been at her parents ' instigation for the moment forgotten , she tried to work out what possible interest planning permission could have for Leo . |
| 23 | But that had been more than a dozen years ago , when Robbie 's family had been in better financial circumstances . |
| 24 | Mr Hurd said Mr Smith 's speech had been on a motion of no confidence he had not tabled : ‘ And why has n't he ? |
| 25 | On the famed Old Course itself , Greens Superintendent Walter Woods ' staff had been in action for an hour . |
| 26 | Maureen had told her that the O'Neills ' neighbour had been in the wool shop and had told her that she was sure they were all mad . |
| 27 | If the N1 cam had been between the point cams throughout I could have done , but NOT when the N1 cam is left outside them . |