Example sentences of "the [noun sg] had [been] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The majority had been of wood and most of these were lost through fire . |
| 2 | The base had been in line for the axe under the Options for Change review of the Services but was saved because the cost of relocation exceeded the saving . |
| 3 | Hitherto the provision had been for the Speaker to become interim president , with the obligation to organize elections within a period of 45-60 days . |
| 4 | And the change had been with Pamela , not with him . |
| 5 | Although he differentiated his position from that of Draper , suggesting that the struggle had been between science and dogmatic theology rather than between science and religion , A. D. White insisted that there had been a theological and a scientific view of every question , invariably at odds . |
| 6 | Almost all previous contact with the Board had been through courses of one or two days duration — mostly held on a trainee 's farm ( but also at local education colleges in England and Wales ) , with up to 70% of the time being spent on trainee participation and practice . |
| 7 | Subjects were told that after they had heard the passage one sentence from it would be repeated , either exactly , or with some small change , and that their task was to say whether the sentence had been in the passage or not . |
| 8 | Though the brand had been in the market since before the war , it had a very small market share . |
| 9 | The case had been under way in Ohio for more than two years and was now ready for trial . |
| 10 | It appears that the case had been in progress before the Heliopolitan Divine Council for eighty years and the gods were understandably becoming impatient and short-tempered , yet they seemed unable to decide upon a judgement . |
| 11 | The contract had been until the end of September when she could reapply for the job she had been turned down for , ‘ provided she had had sufficient experience nursing very sick children ’ , he said . |
| 12 | The evening before , the carrier-bag had been at the foot of the monkey-puzzle , propped up against the trunk , facing the house . |
| 13 | After all , she and the Archdeacon had been into the house once already . |
| 14 | At the end of her eight-week course at the ICO she declared that the experience had been like a very deep well with pure water . |
| 15 | The cabin had been in darkness , and she had been alone . |
| 16 | Half the force had been at the match , of course , although that was hardly an excuse . |
| 17 | The entry had been by invitation and restricted to forty-eight amateurs and forty-eight professionals . |
| 18 | Forces opposed to the President had been in control of much of the country for several months [ see pp. 37702-03 ; 37767-68 ; 37844-45 ] , with the central government 's authority largely confined to the area around the capital . |
| 19 | The programme had been under way for some time , studying liquid-liquid reactions with disappointing results . |
| 20 | Magistrates were told that the defendant had been to Mr. White 's bank and had offered to pay the money stolen from them . |
| 21 | The worst thing was that the tape was on metal spools and the resulting damage was not a complete wipe : there were still tantalising fragments of the recording left where the tape had been under the metal ‘ spokes ’ of the reel , I would be interested to know if this legend is true . |
| 22 | how useful the review had been in producing proposals for institutional c change . |
| 23 | ‘ I was angry and upset to read that somebody connected with the club had been in contact with Steve Coppell . |
| 24 | Crosby blew his top after learning of the Coppell link and said yesterday : ‘ I was angry and upset to read somebody connected with the club had been in contact with Steve Coppell . |
| 25 | The Archdeacon did not , diplomatically , point out that the Bishop had not consulted Lord Dersingham when the living had been in his gift . |
| 26 | When we last spoke , you told me that you were reading in bed until eleven-thirty , when you went to sleep , and your last sortie from the bedroom had been to the kitchen for milk at approximately ten-forty . |
| 27 | The plan had been for the Americans to discover an unknown for the lead female role but no-one had Miss Leigh 's screen magic . |
| 28 | The plan had been for his son ( Frederick William ) Robin ( born 1936 ) , who succeeded as third earl and was himself the author of an excellent life of William Wilberforce [ q.v. ] , to complete it . |
| 29 | Asked how the princess had been during lunch , Lord Healey said : ‘ The princess was wonderful . |
| 30 | Within the German Social Democratic Party the issue had been in dispute for some time . |