Example sentences of "once been [art] [noun] ['s] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She had two large rooms , and a kitchen and bathroom constructed from what had been a warren of smaller domestic offices ; her own front door had once been the tradesmen 's entrance .
2 I presumed it had once been the school 's dinner ladies ' empire and there was still a stove and tea-making gear but not much else except a funny smell .
3 French doors led into a room that had once been the guests ' lounge , but was now converted into the dining-room .
4 The door led upstairs to what had once been the stableman 's rooms , and which now housed Ben .
5 It was a rambling house and the Mollands lived in what had once been the servants ' quarters ; the vicar had the rest of the place to himself .
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