Example sentences of "had been another " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been another perfect morning . |
| 2 | It was a song or a poem — I do n't know which but to my knowledge it has never been published — which was called ‘ Beautiful Angie ’ , and I clicked immediately and realised there had been another woman about the house . |
| 3 | Clarissa 's flat was on the eighth floor and its acquisition had been another good thing that summer . |
| 4 | Even if there had been another big story , it would have to be very big indeed to be bigger than this one ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ If there had been another — any other — I would have backed him , not you . ’ |
| 6 | The Battle of Falkirk had been another Jacobite victory , Prince Charles having lost 50 dead and 80 wounded , while Hawley 's casualties , suffered in a mere 20 minutes , amounted to 350 killed and another 300 taken prisoner . |
| 7 | Then there had been another science during which she took periodical gulps of her tea and the sleeping baby stirred and gave small pig-like grunts . |
| 8 | ‘ You will be Church of England , ’ said Willie Hamilton , as though Paul had been another species . |
| 9 | There had been another ace , this time hit even more courageously with a second serve , to prevent Sampras breaking back to 4–5 in the third set . |
| 10 | In the 1930s Auden & Co. had been another ; with Auden himself , as early as his undergraduate days at Oxford in the late 1920s , confidently apportioning literary roles to Isherwood , Spender and himself . |
| 11 | The Ministry policeman who checked his I/D had been another one of those patronising cretins who had obviously too soon forgotten the massive two fingers dealt them by the S.A.S. His raincoat was wringing wet , and he was drenched , when he stepped off the minibus outside H area . |
| 12 | The tree had been another meeting place of their childhood , and she knew the flaky bark and cracked pavement by heart . |
| 13 | There had been another brief argument about what to do if the plan did n't work . |
| 14 | Half a universe away there had been another tunic cuff , the gold braid scorched and burned so that its imprint was fused on to the skin of his arm . |
| 15 | If the historians were to be believed , there had been another Empire once , on long-vanished Terra . |
| 16 | There had been another manner of kindness between them , beneficent to both . |
| 17 | There had been another bad raid on Sunday night but soldiers and gangs of workmen were clearing the roads of the debris from shattered buildings and fire crews from all the surrounding districts had come to help fight the numerous fires . |
| 18 | His evasion of her sensible scheme for his comfort had been another repulse . |
| 19 | Even as she said it she recalled the growing doubts and disgust which had been another spur driving her to accept Clive 's invitation . |
| 20 | Andréew Fisher had been another contemporary from Sydney and an ability to write , a law degree , and a background in student papers and films made him a choice to handle much of the business side . |
| 21 | This was not the first attack of this kind ; there had been another three-pronged assault the previous year in the Fao peninsula . |
| 22 | If it had been another few inches either side it would have been my neck or my heart and I would be dead . |
| 23 | There had been another name : Lee . |