Example sentences of "had [been] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | There had been many injuries due to frostbite . |
| 32 | The report showed that there had been many changes and improvements since 1986 , but that some deficiencies remain . |
| 33 | In Surere 's province , there had been many transgressions , despite the loss of privilege which was the only punishment he had dared impose , though there were rumours that in some cases he would have preferred to apply the death penalty . |
| 34 | Trevor Radway , Chairman of the Forest of Dean Railway Company Limited , said there had been many improvements in recent times , and the railway was going from strength to strength . |
| 35 | Of course there had been many Christmas parties after Maman went away , Aunt Tossie saw to that — but they were not memorable . |
| 36 | There had been many nights like this , and she had been furiously ridden before , as now , by this tireless Mighty One , face fixed in the inhuman lineaments of lust . |
| 37 | It was Marguerite as she had been many years ago , and Jenna saw what her father had seen , what she herself saw now — the attraction of kindness , of calm good humour . |
| 38 | The king had been many years a widower . |
| 39 | It was almost a physical pain and for a moment he felt shocked because it had been many years since the agony of losing Gerda . |
| 40 | There had been many amalgamations , the Transport and General Workers and many other large unions had absorbed small unions to form a formidable barrier to employers , there was less interunion rivalry and the authority of the General Council of the TUC was accepted and practically unchallenged . |
| 41 | He saw and he cared , but it had been many months since he had counted with her . |
| 42 | Then the farmer admitted that there had been many applicants for the job already , but each had been driven out of the stall by the horse . |
| 43 | On Jan. 25 , however , Tanjug quoted statements by four refugees from Shkodër who said that anti-Stalinist demonstrations had taken place there on Jan. 11 and 14 , involving up to 7,000 people ; that there had been many arrests ; and that police reinforcements were patrolling the city and the surrounding area . |
| 44 | Instead , as we walked down to the bar this evening , he had been all smiles and indulgent gallantry , complimenting us on our appearance , an arm lightly circling each of our waists . |
| 45 | when she had been all hugs and trust for her father . |
| 46 | It was barely five a.m. and dawn was just breaking , but she was wide awake , as she had been all night long . |
| 47 | It was shimmering under the surface as it had been all afternoon . |
| 48 | He had been all kinds of fool . |
| 49 | She climbed down , aware suddenly of how close he was to her , closer than he had been all morning , and when she turned , it was to find him looking down at her , a strange expression in his eyes . |
| 50 | ‘ Leith , ’ he said , but his look was no warmer , no less arrogant than it had been all morning , ‘ you do n't … ’ he went on , and seemed slightly stuck for words . |
| 51 | It had been all whispers and lies till they got to the shop . |
| 52 | She had helped to pick up all the things spilt from the bag , but there had been that look in her eye just before — a familiar look , contempt , indifferently hidden . |
| 53 | There always had been that part of him , rarely seen , that she did n't understand . |
| 54 | Later , much later , Kelly was to reflect on how lucky she had been that day . |
| 55 | For quite a long time the prevailing view among economists had been that money does not affect the relative prices of commodities , but that it does determine the overall price level . |
| 56 | There was the usual bawdy banter , of course , and it had been that way ever since she first put on her white apron and began serving behind the counter . |
| 57 | The pure white drifts of snow against the door of the hut convinced me that nobody had been that way recently . |
| 58 | Lucy was weeping as she had been that afternoon . |
| 59 | The new US approach fell short of outright recognition for Bazin 's government , but involved urging exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to meet with Bazin , whereas the earlier US position had been that Aristide should choose his own Prime Minister prior to his return to the country . |
| 60 | suggested in Ex parte Benson ( No. 2 ) , The Times , 21 November 1988 , the decision in Handscomb had been that detention for a period equivalent to a determinate sentence of 27 years exceeded by such a wide margin any determinate sentence passed in recent years for the offence of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility , and was thus in the absence of reasons irrational , I would not disagree . |