Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] had [been] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The club gave us a presentation because they looked into their records and found we had been members the longest , ’ said Mrs Williams . |
| 2 | Sir Edmund found there had been cases of physical ill-treatment such as wall-standing , hooding , noise , deprivation of sleep , and diets of bread and water . |
| 3 | She admitted there had been excesses . |
| 4 | Last night Airtours admitted there had been problems with the apartments and apologised . |
| 5 | Mr Ensall admitted there had been delays , but that all mail had been processed on time since March 9 . |
| 6 | Even before he died there had been hints that all was not well between his Philippines-born wife , Rose — some 40 years his junior — and Gina Rinehart , Mr Hancock 's daughter by a previous marriage . |
| 7 | There had been some kind of vast domed hall as he passed through the Gates ; he thought there had been colours within the light then , and he had received a dim impression of a far-off vaulted ceiling . |
| 8 | He said there had been difficulties in some committee meetings in trying to achieve a quorum and said payments should be made as an award for members who attended . |
| 9 | Suffolk Wildlife Trust director Derek Moore said there had been reports of rabbits and other creatures being shot at by four-wheel drive enthusiasts as the vehicles moved around the ness . |
| 10 | Parish council chairman Peter Foster said there had been reports of one of two buses using the road following a ban on school buses , imposed by the county council after campaigning by residents . |
| 11 | He said there had been representations from the bookmaking and greyhound racing industries in Scotland opposed to evening opening , though there had also been comments from the bookmaking industry supporting the principle . |
| 12 | Mr Evans said there had been days of action in Cleveland every two years since 1979 . |
| 13 | More than half the respondents , 54 per cent , said they had been readers for at least ten years and three quarters ( 76 per cent ) had been readers for five years . |