Example sentences of "i had [been] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He reckoned I had been part of a consortium which spoke to two clubs and accused me of acting secretly — but I told him . |
| 2 | A country that gave her a cold welcome , in which the To Let signs specified ‘ No Coloureds ’ , and of which she wrote in Second-Class Citizen , ‘ If I had been Jesus I would have passed England by and not dropped a single blessing . ’ |
| 3 | I had known the family for some years as I had been Mrs Singh 's English tutor on a local authority adult literacy programme . |
| 4 | Only now did I realize that I loved this man to whose power I had been subject all my life . |
| 5 | The hot date — the central groove I had been wire brushing — swooned at the sight of them . |
| 6 | I was certainly not ill , although I had yet to recover from the effects of the operation and was far weaker than I had been BC , but I was well . |
| 7 | I had been party to a murder , and I did n't care . |
| 8 | He noticed a sketch I had been doing of Miss Oliver , and could not take his eyes off it . |