Example sentences of "[coord] i had been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remembered George Crowninshield very well , for he and his wife had been my very first clients on board Wavebreaker and I had been nervous , not just at the prospect of a new job , but because of the client 's eminence . |
| 2 | For a moment I did n't even recognise it as the same owl Derek and I had been round to see a few weeks before . |
| 3 | And I had been dumb so long ! |
| 4 | And I had been lonely . |
| 5 | Up till then , there had been no official suggestion of the plane 's being recalled , and I had been inclined to believe that Leslie had landed in France , and had subsequently disappeared . |
| 6 | I thanked him , he saluted , and the two of them walked on My guard said that I was crazy ; I could have run into terrible trouble , but I had been lucky and now I had only to choose a beautiful new bicycle . |
| 7 | The Factory had n't been specific ( it rarely is ) , but I had the feeling that whatever it was warning me about was important , and I also suspected it would be bad , but I had been wise enough to take the hint and check my Poles , and now I knew my aim was still good ; things were still with me . |