Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [been] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Have we really been such a bunch of miseries to work with ? ’ |
| 2 | He would have withered inside long ago had there not been this to return to . |
| 3 | Had it only been this morning that she had visited Switham House and received that kind lady 's offer of help ? |
| 4 | The request may well have been refused had it not been that western doctors were keen to learn Chinese methods of ‘ variolation ’ ( inoculation with smallpox virus ) and , no doubt , Erskine would advise the Czar to send a doctor to Peking for that purpose . |
| 5 | But had it not been that actual set of people — Sam Phillips , the band , Elvis and The Jordanaires — the chemistry might not have been such that it worked . |
| 6 | Summer would have given way to autumn imperceptibly , had it not been that autumn was the hunting season , and hunting the very purpose of the region . |
| 7 | Had he always been this way ? |
| 8 | Had it really been that afternoon ? |