Example sentences of "it [vb past] [been] [adj] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been one of those days . |
| 2 | It had been one of those suggestions that stuns everyone with its rightness . |
| 3 | It had been one of those bloody-minded mornings , when everything went wrong and even inanimate objects seemed to have banded together in a conspiracy against him . |
| 4 | It had been one of those days when everything had gone wrong : the stake-out at the Saudi Embassy had produced exactly nothing ; a false alarm , and after six , agonisingly boring hours , Cowley had called through the most welcome of messages : Go home lads . |
| 5 | It had been one of those mornings when the early sun striking the coloured glass of the landing window had tinted the dark hall with amber light . |
| 6 | It had been one of those deep , deep sleeps ; the kind when you do n't know a thing until your mum starts yelling at you for the umpteenth time that you 're going to be late for school if you do n't get up . |
| 7 | It had been empty for several years and was dirty , damp and severely vandalised . |
| 8 | But we were moving in different directions and it had been clear for some while that we stayed together out of habit . |
| 9 | In fact it had been open for some time already as had half a dozen other places within easy walk because America believes in man 's inalienable right to eat whenever he is awake . |
| 10 | It had been silent for several minutes . |