Example sentences of "to [det] [vb past] [been] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her reaction to that had been swift but , so he persuaded himself at the time , perhaps rational . |
| 2 | It was set up five years ago as a new shop to combine the Art Bookshop and the Poster Gallery , which prior to that had been part of the Paperback Bookshop . |
| 3 | My movements up to this had been quite natural , and if I could continue to make her think I was unaware of her presence , she would possibly give me a second chance . |
| 4 | There were stringent language qualifications for citizenship applications , and objections to this had been raised by the Russian Democratic Movement in Estonia ( RDME ) . |
| 5 | It is alleged that by 1989 30% of the world 's tropical sawlogs in trade were from the Malaysian state of Sarawak , where forest was being lost at a rate of 3 ha per minute and the resistance of the local Punan to this had been contained . |
| 6 | This seemed to strike and sober them … a thing which to all of them was so familiar , and to many had been only the subject of coarse jest . |