Example sentences of "there [vb past] [been] [adv] many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been so many secrets . |
| 2 | During the short time their marriage had lasted , there had been so many times when she had given in to Julius 's forceful demands , just to keep the peace . |
| 3 | ‘ Our last two albums for them , ‘ Peace In Our Time ’ and ‘ No Place Like Home ’ , were stodgy affairs , and there had been so many hassles . |
| 4 | He was consumed by indignation that there had been so many attempts to swindle his country in its attempts to gain arms to protect itself from the aggression of Iraq . |
| 5 | There had been so many meetings ; 80 a day , someone had told him . |
| 6 | It was n't worth asking of what kind ; there had been so many beginnings . |
| 7 | There had been so many pieces of paper ; 50 million at least , someone else had told him , generated during his eight years as President . |
| 8 | Lord Weir added that there had been too many incidents of vandalism to the danger of people on the railways . |
| 9 | There had been too many occasions on which she had tried to please , hoped for hugs or even smiles , times when she had practised the piano and cleaned her room assiduously , only to be met by jibes , or slaps , or worse still , beatings . |
| 10 | There had been too many films taken , shown on TV , of Franklin D. Hauser departing by Lear jet in the States for yet another destination . |
| 11 | Since then , looking back on it , there had been too many children 's holidays and not nearly as many lunches with girls in the ‘ Dolce Vita ’ as a man deserved . |