Example sentences of "had [been] [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the implication of his resignation letter was that for five years there had been conflict at the very heart of the government that had precipitated the earlier resignations of Heseltine , Lawson and , in July 1990 , Nicholas Ridley , the Trade and industry Secretary ( the last after he had expressed intemperate views about Britain 's European partners that many observers believed the Prime Minister herself shared ) . |
| 2 | It was apparent that there had been money at all periods except the most modem , and taste at some . |
| 3 | I asked Pat if it had been love at first sight . |
| 4 | The way you looked at him and how he was continually glancing at you told me it had been love at first sight . ’ |
| 5 | For her , it had been love at first sight . |
| 6 | Bennett had been doorman at the Garrick Club for twenty-three years and had developed a way with unpleasantness . |
| 7 | To commemorate the visit , the Prime Warden the next year , Mr. John Prideaux ( whose father had been Clerk at the time of the 450th Anniversary ) , called at the School in April with designs of a second cup and cover , which was commissioned by the Company from Miss Jocelyn Burton and was presented to the Chairman and Headmaster in July 1974 . |
| 8 | Barratt came from an old mining family and indeed , had been captain at Wheal Friendship , on Dartmoor , where his father , for years , had been manager . |
| 9 | Several Scottish players said that there had been talk at the dinner about the possibility of one of the Romanians hoping to stay in Scotland . |
| 10 | Frank McManus who had been MP at Westminster for Fermanagh and South Tyrone until February , 1974 had been selected earlier as a Unity candidate for the Convention elections but after a party meeting just before the close of nominations withdrew his name . |
| 11 | This semi-audible remark made me uneasy — that there had been debate at all on my utility — so much so that I wished I had never heard it . |
| 12 | Down whose son had been bestman at his wedding . |
| 13 | Miss Mack had been housekeeper at The Hall for as many decades as most people could remember . |