Example sentences of "[noun prp] had been [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ceauşescu had been part of the leadership under Dej which took the decision to press ahead with devoting enormous resources to industrializing Romania against Khruschev 's wishes . |
| 2 | His first stab at an Open Championship was at St Andrews in 1957 with Laurie Ayton , whose uncle David had been Tip 's golf teacher . |
| 3 | Engstrom had been Deputy Finance Minister until 11 days previously when he became interim Finance Minister on Kjell-Olof Feldt 's resignation from the caretaker government . |
| 4 | Those qualities owed little to the opportunities provided by formal schooling or family background : the Pooles had been tanners in the Stowey area since at least the early eighteenth century , and Tom Poole 's father , the eldest of four gifted brothers , ran a large and thriving tanning business from his Castle Street home . |
| 5 | Kryuchkov had been KGB chairman since October 1988 [ see p. 36256 ] and Yazov had been Defence Minister since 1987 . |
| 6 | All were CPSU members and Yazov , Yanayev and Kryuchkov had been politburo members , though after the reorganization of the party in July 1990 [ see p. 37614-17 ] , following the March abolition of its constitutional monopoly on power [ see p. 37299 ] , government ministers could no longer be on the party 's ruling bodies . |
| 7 | Pinto had been Professor of English at Nottingham since 1938 and oversaw the university 's transition to the autonomous degree-giving status which was achieved ten years later . |
| 8 | Waddy had been Australia 's 12th man against England in the fifth Test in 1907–08 , having scored a century and a half-century against them for NSW in the previous match . |
| 9 | A member of the Socialist Unity Party ( PSU , until October 1990 the Socialist Party ( PSI ) — see p. 37786 ) , Vassalli had been Justice Minister since July 1987 [ see p. 35589 ] . |
| 10 | Mr Heddle had been MP for Mid Staffordshire since 1983 , with a majority of 14,654 in 1987 . |
| 11 | Prosecuting counsel Antonis Georges said Gavin had been treasurer of the Welfare Scheme since 1985 . |
| 12 | Prosecuting counsel Antonis Georges said Gavin had been treasurer of the Welfare Scheme since 1985 . |
| 13 | Jay Hammond had been Ross 's sixth victim : the tennis player , taking time off for a game with a business contact . |
| 14 | BRAZIL HAD BEEN PARADISE . |
| 15 | Fergus had been waist deep and sinking fast . |
| 16 | From this it may be judged that the Chauncys had been friends of the Blencowe family , and that a reference from Susanna Jennens carried weight with them . |
| 17 | Karl Barth had been pastor in Safenwil since 1911 . |
| 18 | In February 1988 , says WG , Mr Carr told WG 's board that Alkar 's sales for the year to January had been £10.4m with a profit of £2.7m . |
| 19 | Tork had been Station Officer in Tel Aviv for eleven years . |
| 20 | The first was that , since the eleventh century , the kings of England had been lords of much of north-western France , an area extending from Normandy ( in the time of William the Conqueror ) through Maine , Anjou , Touraine , and Poitou to the duchy of Aquitaine which , a century later , Henry II had come to control through his marriage to the duchess , Eleanor , previously the wife of Louis VII of France . |
| 21 | Kilfedder had been Paisley 's choice for Speaker of the Assembly . |
| 22 | A main source of the original allegations against Beron had been Konstantin Trenchev , chair of the UDF-affiliated Podkrepa trade union . |
| 23 | Lord Rathcreedan , who as Captain Cecil Norton had been Club Captain since 1914 , continued until 1921 , continued until 1921 and Mr. J.C . |
| 24 | Working with Rowbotham on Agitprop had been John Hoyland . |
| 25 | Yes , and Shelley Cameron had been fool enough to do some of that idolising ! |
| 26 | And it had been while McGrath had been features editor that Peace News had carried the spread extolling Ginsberg 's London readings , and the big page feature on the Albert Hall gathering . |
| 27 | Crichton had been Rovers ’ hero , but he suddenly turned villain when he pulled down Hignett as he streaked clear five minutes from time . |
| 28 | Worrell had been vice-captain against England in 1953–4 , but when Australia toured a year later the selectors ' feet , apparently , had turned cold ; Denis Atkinson , who had little captaincy experience , was made Stollmeyer 's deputy , and as Stollmeyer then missed three Tests through injury , found himself pitched in at the deep end . |
| 29 | Amongst those saying goodbye to Ferrier in Sydney had been Richard Neville . |
| 30 | Niyazov had been leader of the republican Communist Party until it was dissolved at its 25th Congress on Dec. 16 , 1991 , and then became leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Turkmenistan . |