Example sentences of "[adj] been [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a popular story that the Fascists did at least get the trains to run on time , and had that been all things might have turned out for the better , but the Duce also evolved the theory of Italia Irredenta , ‘ Unrecovered Italy ’ . |
| 2 | Had that been another threat . |
| 3 | nowhere has this been more evident than in Greater York . |
| 4 | Had this been any other occasion , he would have lowered his head respectfully and more or less closed his eyes , watching Bill Brice out of the corner of them so as to know when to open them again , and murmuring amen where appropriate . |
| 5 | Had it all been another mistake ? |
| 6 | Allowing for the fact that one knows oneself to be above suspicion — has any action or attitude of one 's own been such as to inspire suspicion in others ? |