Example sentences of "[adj] had [been] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This had been of something more than philosophical interest to Karen and I in our pre-coital phase , since it meant that we could count on at least a minute thirty seconds before he reappeared , or as much as three minutes forty-five seconds if we heard the seat go down for a big jobby . |
| 2 | This had been on the cards from the very beginning . |
| 3 | Speaking to Irish state radio from Baidoa , Concern spokesman Michael O'Reilly said : ‘ Unfortunately this had been on the cards for some time . |
| 4 | An older age group of superior tradesmen here and there — the public bar fraternity shunned the place , for this had been for many years the snob pub of Belgravia . |
| 5 | Danny had mercifully been persuaded to leave his ghetto-blaster behind , but this had been against his better judgement , and Rachel soon realised his silence was in fact a form of sulking . |
| 6 | This had been among the most violent events reported during several weeks ' of clashes between Kirghiz and Uzbeks in Kirghizia 's Osh oblast ( region ) [ see pp. 37540-41 ; 37618 ] . |
| 7 | This had been inside a hollow sculpted within the thickness of the double leather . |
| 8 | Boy thought that this had been in some ways the perfect night , the best that he had ever had since he 'd arrived at The Bar . |
| 9 | Of these by-election gains more than half had been in straight fights , the implications of which were unmistakable . |
| 10 | Of those on benefit half had been in receipt for more than 2.6 years . |
| 11 | A few had been to other universities , to Sandhurst , Dartmouth or an agricultural college , making 190 in all who had had some form of higher education . |
| 12 | Some had been with him on that night . |
| 13 | Most of the young people had suffered several foster placement breakdowns , and some had been in trouble with the law . |
| 14 | Shalikashvili was currently senior assistant to the chair of the US joint chiefs of staff ( Gen. Colin Powell ) and in 1991 had been in charge of the operation to protect the Kurdish population in northern Iraq . |
| 15 | Note that the court could infer the accused had been in a public place where no such direct evidence exists . |
| 16 | Our source remains adamant that Mr Hoy did say that Channel 7 had been in contact with the Institute . |
| 17 | The only challenge to Thatcher since she first became leader in February 1975 had been in 1989 , when she had received the support of 314 of the then 374 Conservative MPs ( who formed the electorate ) against 33 for Sir Anthony Meyer , with 24 ballot papers being spoiled and three MPs not participating [ see p. 37134 ] . |
| 18 | Immediately after the war , the Department of Antiquities in Baghdad compiled a four-volume list of missing objects ; many of these had been on long term loan from the Baghdad Museum to regional museums in Iraq . |
| 19 | In education the party conformed more to what would be expected : 196 MPs had been to public schools ( 68 per cent of the party , twice the proportion of Liberals ) and eighty-six of these had been at Eton , almost a third of the party . |
| 20 | These had been in Rome since at least the end of the sixteenth century . |
| 21 | From a random group of 36 judges of the Court of Appeal and the High Court , he found that 31 had been to public schools ( 86 per cent ) and 33 to Oxford or Cambridge ( 92 per cent ) . |
| 22 | Sixteen had been at Oxford or Cambridge , as had the Prime Minister . |
| 23 | The interviews were carried out some time after the abuse had been established , so that while all had been on the child abuse register only half were still on the register when interviewed . |
| 24 | He lay with her for a little while as if all had been for the best and when , with a sudden , slithering movement , she was off the bed and into her dress , he thanked her , wished her good night . |
| 25 | All had been in vain . |
| 26 | Some said the sport came from the Norsemen , others muttered about the Romans who after all had been in the area for several centuries and left little else but stone , and one literary aficionado had just written a treatise tracing it back in direct line to Jacob 's wrestling with the angel . |
| 27 | While many had been in the county for several generations the group as a whole showed remarkable resilience and a powerful capacity for accepting newcomers , men who replaced declining families . |
| 28 | The terms of exchange between manufacturers and agricultural produce moved swiftly to the disadvantage of the towns ; a pair of boots which in 1913 had been worth 283lb. of rye flour was worth as little as 133lb. by May 1922 . |
| 29 | Out of a total of seventeen boys from this group interviewed over a period of one year , no fewer than ten had been in trouble with the police for offences not connected with activities at football matches . |
| 30 | Jack Handy had been with McKinsey in the 1930s before setting up his own management consultancy and ‘ executive recruitment ’ business as early as 1944 . |