Example sentences of "in what had been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was his first refreshment in what had been a heavy and unrewarding day ; his leading lady had been difficult , and wanted to marry him ; the audience , confronted with an expensive cast , had been unresponsive . |
| 2 | The Bridges Community Centre was opened in 1987 in what had been a derelict factory canteen on a large industrial site in Monmouth . |
| 3 | But as she made her way back to the table , Polly 's fierce satisfaction at having the last word in what had been a nerve-shattering encounter quickly faded . |
| 4 | They were in what had been a walled garden and was now just a mass of rubble . |
| 5 | At Bridgwater , in the following month , Vernon Bartlett , a Liberal supporter of the " Peace Alliance " , was elected as a " Progressive " in what had been a National seat . |
| 6 | In December 1914 Edith Pye went to Châlons-sur-Marne to set up a maternity hospital for women refugees from Reims in what had been an insane asylum , without hot water or electricity , fifteen miles from the fighting line . |