Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I finally got through to Taff to enquire about what sort of night he had had , and if there had been many casualties during the barrage , his reply was rather matter of fact . |
| 2 | Over the years there had been many tributes to her beauty and her dancing , but the one I particularly treasure appeared only recently . |
| 3 | Their action may have resulted from purely local causes : there had been many border clashes . |
| 4 | She still had the pearls , but there had been many tears since she first wore them . |
| 5 | There had been many injuries due to frostbite . |
| 6 | The report showed that there had been many changes and improvements since 1986 , but that some deficiencies remain . |
| 7 | In Surere 's province , there had been many transgressions , despite the loss of privilege which was the only punishment he had dared impose , though there were rumours that in some cases he would have preferred to apply the death penalty . |
| 8 | Trevor Radway , Chairman of the Forest of Dean Railway Company Limited , said there had been many improvements in recent times , and the railway was going from strength to strength . |
| 9 | Of course there had been many Christmas parties after Maman went away , Aunt Tossie saw to that — but they were not memorable . |
| 10 | There had been many nights like this , and she had been furiously ridden before , as now , by this tireless Mighty One , face fixed in the inhuman lineaments of lust . |
| 11 | It was Marguerite as she had been many years ago , and Jenna saw what her father had seen , what she herself saw now — the attraction of kindness , of calm good humour . |
| 12 | The king had been many years a widower . |
| 13 | It was almost a physical pain and for a moment he felt shocked because it had been many years since the agony of losing Gerda . |
| 14 | There had been many amalgamations , the Transport and General Workers and many other large unions had absorbed small unions to form a formidable barrier to employers , there was less interunion rivalry and the authority of the General Council of the TUC was accepted and practically unchallenged . |
| 15 | He saw and he cared , but it had been many months since he had counted with her . |
| 16 | Then the farmer admitted that there had been many applicants for the job already , but each had been driven out of the stall by the horse . |
| 17 | On Jan. 25 , however , Tanjug quoted statements by four refugees from Shkodër who said that anti-Stalinist demonstrations had taken place there on Jan. 11 and 14 , involving up to 7,000 people ; that there had been many arrests ; and that police reinforcements were patrolling the city and the surrounding area . |