Example sentences of "had [been] [verb] [prep] several [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The US and North Korean governments had been communicating for several years at a low level through the US embassy in Beijing . |
| 2 | The report lists ‘ many faults ’ inherent in the way the railway had been run for several years . |
| 3 | They posed for photographers at the star-studded show , giving the lie to rumours they had been separated for several weeks . |
| 4 | A report to the meeting said services to the region had been deteriorating for several years , with fewer trains running at less flexible times . |
| 5 | A report to the meeting said services to the region had been deteriorating for several years , with fewer trains at less flexible times . |
| 6 | The 1975 Algiers agreement had been necessitated by several factors : Iraqi charges of Iranian moral and material support for Kurdish insurgents ; widespread Arab resentment ( which Iraq sought to champion ) of Iran 's seizure of the three islands down the Gulf with apparent British collusion in 1971 ; friction over the Shatt al-Arab concerning both frontier demarcation and responsibility for river traffic ; and Iraq 's 1972 treaty of friendship with the USSR , a neighbour regarded by Iran with some disquiet . |
| 7 | The most recent outstanding event in Jim 's distinguished career was the publication of his definitive catalogue of the collections of Christ Church , Oxford , on which he had been engaged for several years , coinciding with the opening of the new galleries to contain them . |
| 8 | Many had been decomposing for several weeks . |
| 9 | The aim was to launch these after Easter , stressing their potential usefulness for Advent 1993 , and it was noted that a specific demand for Advent Studies had been expressed by several groups . |
| 10 | Before starting school he had attended the child development centre , received speech therapy and since had been seen on several occasions by the educational psychologist . |
| 11 | He had been seen on several levels of the North Star site . |
| 12 | Honasan , who had been implicated in several coup attempts against Ramos 's predecessor , Corazon Aquino , had been in hiding since 1988 , after escaping from a prison ship moored in Manila Bay [ see p. 36428 ] . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , enough weight had been given by several sources to make it worthwhile checking . |
| 14 | One EC official said yesterday that the problem of fraud involving the Vatican had been understood for several years , and that attempts were being made to stamp it out . |
| 15 | The plenum had been delayed for several months , allegedly because of divisions over economic policy between the central and provincial authorities . |
| 16 | Mrs Titcombe 's nagging suspicions had been aroused by several points . |
| 17 | Crow Valley had been covered in several metres of ash and mud from Mount Pinatubo . |
| 18 | Now it had been joined by several cars and a coach was disgorging a gaggle of tourists . |
| 19 | The current bases agreement , which had been revised on several occasions since its original signature in March 1947 , allowed the USA to use several military installations , including the huge facilities at Clark Field and Subic Bay , respectively the largest US Air Force and naval base outside North America . |
| 20 | Philip Larkin had already published two novels — Jill ( 1946 ) and A Girl in Winter ( 1947 ) — before he established himself in 1955 , with The Less Deceived , as the best poet of his generation ; and John Osborne 's first play ever to reach the public theatre , Look Back in Anger ( 1956 ) , was written by an actor untouched by academia who had been writing for several years and a stranger to all of them . |
| 21 | Along the crest of this ridge the rock had been exposed in several places , and eroded into a line of towers and pinnacles . |
| 22 | Duncan , whose health had been failing for several years , died in West Park , Elgin , 23 May 1863 . |
| 23 | This unit had been caught in several skirmishes , losing their CO and second-in-command along with a third of their strength , yet they were seen doing physical training after a short rest in the town — a measure of their quality . |
| 24 | However , the spokesman , Mr Vladimir Mestensev , said Mr Gorbachev had been outvoted by several Praesidium members led by the former Moscow Party Chief , Mr Boris Yeltsin . |
| 25 | However , the spokesman , Mr Vladimir Mestensev , said Mr Gorbachev had been outvoted by several Praesidium members led by the former Moscow Party Chief , Mr Boris Yeltsin . |
| 26 | In the Philippines last year , an investigation team found two ‘ disappeared ’ women who had been missing for several months . |
| 27 | They discovered a car battery had been wired to several bottles of petrol . |
| 28 | Elections to the National Assembly , a body which had been suspended on several occasions since independence , were held in July 1979 , September 1984 and September 1989 . |
| 29 | Preparations to send Kirgiz peacekeeping troops , which had been elaborated following several visits by Kirgiz Vice-President Feliks Akulov to Dushanbe and the conflict regions , were cancelled by a vote in the Kirgiz Supreme Soviet in Bishkek on Oct. 14 , due to fears for the safety of Kirgiz servicemen . |
| 30 | The museum had been closed for several months because of a leaking roof . |