Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pron] [vb past] [been] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Julia found herself wanting to get to know her better , quite certain by then that whatever there had been between Suvarov and Felicity while his first wife was alive it had not been the kind of affair David had assumed . |
| 2 | ‘ Sealed envelope with Mme Wyatt , ’ he replied , laying an uncharacteristic finger against his nose as if this was what he 'd been to spy-school for . |
| 3 | ‘ Did she tell you what he 'd been in prison for ? ’ |
| 4 | The French monarchy under Louis XVI was by contrast in many ways a shadow of what it had been under Louis XIV . |
| 5 | The essence of European diplomacy was still political , still what it had been to Metternich or even to Richelieu . |
| 6 | The paganism of the eastern Angles over the next two or three years suggests that Eadwine 's influence in the region was no longer what it had been in Eorpwald 's lifetime . |