Example sentences of "i had [been] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told him again how I had been reinforced in my belief that , whereas Germany seemed intent on war , Italy , while verbally identifying herself with the Axis , would clutch at any straw to evade participation , and that our policy should be to keep her out of it with every means in our power . |
| 2 | It seems , on looking back , one day I was outside and then the next day I was in , as if I 'd had nothing to do with it : I had been pushed or drawn or whatever you like . |
| 3 | At first I thought I had been pushed too wide . |
| 4 | Visiting her had become part of my life but I knew it would not always be so ; twice I had been summoned to the hospital when she had seemed to be failing . |
| 5 | But , having heard I had been invited , Robin persuaded me to accept , saying he was going to meet a trainer friend there who would know all the winners . |
| 6 | The wedding to which I had been invited was taking place in a village church ten miles the other side of Downshurst , a market town eleven miles from my aunt 's cottage . |
| 7 | About five weeks ago , I had been invited to a presentation by Garth Enterprises , who were unveiling their plans for a golf course and leisure complex which would also include a hotel and the provision of some expensive houses alongside each fairway . |
| 8 | After my tour of the exhibits I had been invited by the Rector Mr Jocelyn Stevens to his dinner in the Senior Common Room , where , like other parts of the College , there were beautiful floral arrangements . |
| 9 | I had been invited to 10 Downing Street for dinner a number of times and on one of those occasions Harold Wilson asked me if I could suggest someone who would go to Salisbury and meet Ian Smith in order to find out whether there was any basis for renewing negotiations . |
| 10 | ‘ I had been invited to Miss Havisham 's to see if she liked me . |
| 11 | I explained that I had come to visit Blefuscu , as I had been invited . |
| 12 | I had been invited to a banquet by some mad Russian prince . |
| 13 | I had been invited there by George Every , and he chose a time when Eliot would be coming up too . |
| 14 | Naturally I had been invited . |
| 15 | Lena Pye , Uplands , Etherley Lane , Bishop Auckland : I had been invited to the public gallery at Durham Assizes ( crown court ) by Supt Vickers to watch part of the trial of Mr Louis Bloom , a Sunderland solicitor . |
| 16 | I had been a vessel of pure water and I had been spilled . |
| 17 | I was tempted to stop struggling against him , as I had been tempted before , in a different way , by Mr Rochester . |
| 18 | He moved a leg to scratch — innocently ? — his bulging crotch , and the knee just touched mine beneath the table , as if accidentally , and I felt as if I had been touched by lightning . |
| 19 | It was only on re-reading Szasz that I realised I had been touched on a sensitive spot — the struggle for individual identity — and that that spot was central to the problem of anorexia nervosa . |
| 20 | I had been touched by his kindness to my aunts , though later on it seemed more like arrogance than virtue . |
| 21 | But , as I had been warned , there were no cars . |
| 22 | I had been warned on the ground to expect the phenomenon ; after a couple more practice stalls , and later in the circuit , I almost got used to it . |
| 23 | I had been warned of this , and was therefore able to take the extra engagements in my stride , and to enjoy the opportunity to visit varying institutions and talk to people of all positions on the academic scene . |
| 24 | Not only have I never been mobbed at Sainsbury 's but I had been assured that the likes of Sheridan Morley and Julia Mackenzie would be giving their all . |
| 25 | I was staggered to realise I had been honoured and to this day I do n't know who put me forward . ’ |
| 26 | I had been heartened by their performance , but Pat really thought that , in its basic approach , the Government was right . |
| 27 | I had been wept on by so many boyfriends that , had Home Sister known , she would have warned me of the dangers of pneumonia every time I went out on a date . |
| 28 | Some of them turned out to be not as indifferent to my plight as I 'd feared they all would be , and a few murmured that if I did really feel strongly about the way I had been treated , I should indeed take the matter up with the Senate . |
| 29 | And I remember running into the ward where I had been treated , finding one of the nurses who had looked after me and giving her a big hug and her crying . |
| 30 | I think I must have been gradually going off into a faint when I suddenly thought of mother reading the telegram saying that I had been killed in action . |