Example sentences of "been [verb] [conj] it had " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can not say what the outcome of a meeting of the Defence Committee might have been , or whether the course of events would have been altered if it had met in September 1981 ; but , in our view , it could have been advantageous , and fully in line with Whitehall practice , for Ministers to have reviewed collectively at that time , or in the months immediately ahead , the current negotiating position ; the implications of the conflict between the attitudes of the Islanders and the aims of the Junta ; and the longer-term policy options in relation to the dispute . |
| 2 | There had been a tremendous hash made of one contract by her predecessor , it was true , but that had all but been completed when it had landed on her desk , so there was no way she could be held to account for it . |
| 3 | Some of the manuscript has been saved because it had been printed off for a friend to proof-read . |
| 4 | She would have been soaked if it had been water . |
| 5 | Was it only hours since she 'd been wishing that it had ? |
| 6 | Michael Heseltine , the Trade and Industry Secretary , said the decision had been taken because it had become ‘ virtually impossible ’ for UK insurers to obtain reinsurance protection against ‘ terrorism-related claims ’ . |
| 7 | He reckons the trip would have been smashing if it had been the height of summer but as it was , he saw practically nothing from start to finish . |
| 8 | In contrast , the DIA 's covert activities had never been compromised and it had never become embroiled in public controversy . |
| 9 | The shopfittings had not been changed since it had been a High Street draper 's , or a confectioner 's perhaps ? |