Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] had been [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it had been common for surgeons to expect suppuration of the wound as an inevitable concomitant of amputation , Alanson demonstrated that by these methods it was possible for these wounds to heal ‘ by the first intention ’ , that is , without significant infection . |
| 2 | He never kept a catalogue of his stock , so it had been easy for Cleo to pour out a generous measure from each flagon on the upper shelf in Wakelate 's workroom . |
| 3 | She felt heavy-lidded and drowsy , as if she had been asleep for a week . |
| 4 | Examining her responses to this normal catalogue of everyday events , of life , she found that she wished she was dead , had been dead for some time , so that she was used to it : and then she thought that if she had been dead for long enough , she would probably be bored with that by now . |
| 5 | He spoke as if they had been married for years , and could joke about sharing a bed . |
| 6 | If it had been impossible for one reason or another to use a boat on the water I would have done the best I could with a plummet and noted what I could see from the banks . |
| 7 | If it had been possible for a bird to stop still with surprise in the air , and stay exactly where it was , that rook would have done it then . |
| 8 | If it had been possible for the old Castle to grow darker , Grainne thought it would have done so in the hour that followed . |
| 9 | But if it had been necessary for me to do so , I would have concluded that the whole loss should be borne by Union Discount . |
| 10 | The costs and risks involved indicated that it would have been very difficult to convince investors to invest in the generating company National Power if it had been responsible for the nuclear power stations , even though it had been given control of the majority of the generating capacity in order to compensate for this . |
| 11 | Young lads gather round the car which looks as if it had been dead for days or weeks . |
| 12 | He felt light-headed , as if he had been awake for days on end . |
| 13 | But I was braced to cope with him because I had been ambitious for Jean-Claude , vauntingly so . |
| 14 | Even her father 's death a month ago had n't really affected her , because he had been ill for such a long time that nobody could be sorry that the end had come . |
| 15 | One reason for this was , of course , that since he had been dead for three months his eyes were in any case not in the best of condition . |
| 16 | During the follow up period there were only five ears in which fluid recurred and persisted for at least one year after they had been clear for at least one year . |
| 17 | Had he not been she might have telephoned him instead of Nick , when she had been desperate for company . |
| 18 | He had returned earlier in the day and Maeve was as ecstatic to see him as he had been hungry for her . |