Example sentences of "it [vb past] [been] [num] [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 .
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