Example sentences of "[noun sg] had been [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the houses in the village had been small single-storey homes , perhaps only four square metres in area . |
| 2 | Her window had been wide all night and as she got out of bed she looked down on the dusty heads of trees where sparrows were fussing . |
| 3 | Fernando 's escaladun had been wonderful last night and not direct from the freezer . |
| 4 | The crew had been busy running cargo and vehicles on a waterborne Main Supply Route until just after midnight . |
| 5 | Trade had been bad that night so she thought he 'd be her last trick . |
| 6 | In the first place protectionism had been traditional Conservative policy before the emergence of free trade and Joseph Chamberlain had revived some sympathy for the idea in the early twentieth century . |
| 7 | Then she said as casually as if the previous conversation had been trivial small talk which was already half forgotten : ‘ What about next Sunday ? |
| 8 | The couple had been married nine years . |