Example sentences of "[adj] it had been " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end de Gaulle 's strategy had succeeded , but the fact that it had required Coty 's intervention to be successful showed just how risky it had been . |
| 2 | The company was formed on Albert Hill in 1864 and by the time it closed in 1879 it had been responsible for 40 bridges in Denmark , 20 bridges in Sweden all built in 1874 , all the viaducts on the Whitby-RedcarMiddlesbrough line including the Staithes Viaduct , Llandudno pier , a bridge in Syria , another over the Tay in Scotland and a footbridge over the Tees at Barnard Castle . |
| 3 | He had seen how entirely wrong it had been for him to have assumed that Beatrice Throgmorton would look twice at him . |
| 4 | The new Emperor had seen how instrumental it had been in holding back the tide of Chaos and wanted to add yet another weapon to mankind 's arsenal . |
| 5 | Hours passed and the wind worsened to the strongest it had been for days . |
| 6 | But it seems sad that so many did not have a more enjoyable sexual introduction , especially when for a few it had been the one and only time . |
| 7 | Bristol University Student Union declined to join the protest , afraid it had been hijacked by extremists . |
| 8 | CD describes a ‘ piece of water in the midst ’ but although there was originally a fountain there , by 1780 it had been displaced by the plinth of the present statue of William III added in 1808 , BR 70 . |
| 9 | During 1986 and 1987 , more than two-thirds of their work was repeat business ; in 1985 it had been 80% , so much of the increase in volume was due to winning new clients . |
| 10 | Extremely harmful it had been , meddling with him like that . |
| 11 | One way and another it had been a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon . |
| 12 | One way or another it had been quite a day , she decided , cooling down under the shower before she collapsed on to her bed . |
| 13 | When the Royal Bank bought the building in 1825 it had been the Government Office of Excise and quite correctly bore the Royal arms , although no-one had got around to updating them . |
| 14 | It was also a strategic move towards the long-term goal of gaining international recognition for its struggle , and as such it had been resisted steadfastly by Ramos 's predecessors . |
| 15 | Twice Iorwerth 's warning signal had fetched them hastily to their pre-arranged places ; but on the first occasion Isambard had shunned the dripping copse and ridden away down the softer slopes eastward of Parfois , with his attendants strung out after him like beads on the string of darker green he left in the wet grass ; and on the second it had been a full-scale hunt with a dozen or more guests and very nearly fifty retainers , and Owen had held his hand , unwilling to venture against such odds . |
| 16 | In July 1991 it had been announced that some 200 investigations into shootings by border guards would be undertaken ; a second trial of border guards had begun in December 1991 . |
| 17 | I 'm sure it was , Patrick grinned as he walked down the corridor and climbed the half-dozen steps from the servants ' quarters up to the hall ; he had seen the look on the butler 's face , and knew how uncomfortable it had been for him . |
| 18 | When I asked her how easy or difficult she had found the exercise , Sylvia told me that she had been quite surprised at how simple it had been . |
| 19 | Rachaela remembered how Mr Gerard had fired her , and how relevant and ominous it had been . |
| 20 | She seemed to think about that for a moment — how sad it had been — and then started to laugh . |
| 21 | Yet he felt convinced it had been more than a dream . |
| 22 | ‘ The boys said the bed was rumpled , but they were n't convinced it had been slept in . |
| 23 | In 1377 the tax had been levied at 4d. a head , in 1379 it had been graduated and in December 1380 Parliament granted a further tax at 1s. a head , and although suggestions were made that the rich should help the poor to meet this heavy burden , one suspects that these were largely unheeded . |
| 24 | After the death of King Olaf Tryggvason of Norway at the battle of Svold in 999 it had been ruled by Earl Eric of Lade and his brother Swegen under the sovereignty of Cnut 's father ; according to later Scandinavian tradition , Eric married Swegen Forkbeard 's daughter Gytha . |
| 25 | Meanwhile on Aug. 26 it had been announced that , with Gorbachev 's agreement , Silayev had transferred the functions of several USSR ministries and two central banks to the control of the relevant RSFSR ministers . |
| 26 | In 1812 it had been an incredible 126s ( £6.30 ) . |
| 27 | Half past three it had been when they 'd arrived at Mr Grady 's , the last name on the list , his fish and chips congealed and inedible . |
| 28 | At the time of the Arab invasion in 639 the population has been estimated at between 20 and 30 million , but when Napoleon invaded the decaying Ottoman Egypt in 1798 it had been reduced to some two and a half million . |
| 29 | From 1904 it had been the last Romanov 's main home . |
| 30 | At least by 1960 it had been recognised in this jurisdiction that it connotes a duty not to injure one 's neighbour by want of reasonable care . |