Example sentences of "had [adv] been [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The important point is that it should be used at a time when for some reason pressure is to be taken off members of the class — putting them in what is virtually a ‘ spectator ’ role can give them time to recover from what had perhaps been inadequate non-projected work . |
| 2 | She must have been quite a joker with that bantam on her head , pigeons fluttering noisily on her shoulders ; it had all been wonderful outdoor fun . |
| 3 | The trip had also offered temporary escape from her mother 's pointed reminiscences that when she was Polly 's age she had already been married two years and was preparing for the birth of her first child . |
| 4 | I had always been lucky that way . |
| 5 | The PBS , which came to power soon after its formation in 1985 , gained most of its support from the mainly Christian Kadazan ethnic group and from the Chinese ; however , the party also made some inroads into what had previously been USNO-controlled Moslem constituencies . |