Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [ex0] had been " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my village there had been historic upheaval over such questions as whether it was right that hymns should be sung in the House of God . |
| 2 | Since that day when she had ruthlessly cut Jake from her heart there had been no one . |
| 3 | Since her marriage there had been no communication with her former employer , not even at Christmas , and she could never think of her as a sister-in-law . |
| 4 | It was only released to the world , after translation , in 1921 when Richard Haehl procured the manuscript from Hahnemann 's ancestors by which time there had been a great establishment of homœopathy by J.T. Kent and those who followed him . |
| 5 | His calls in the District 's Annual Report for renewed efforts to encourage students to become members were echoed in the Norfolk Democrat , the magazine of the Norfolk Federation among whose branches there had been a particularly serious loss of membership . |
| 6 | He had always seemed a solid family man , and until his exposure there had been no hint of scandal about him . |
| 7 | It did n't need much imagination to guess that his presence there had been recreational rather than restitutional ! |
| 8 | When she had asked his name there had been a slight , but noticeable , hesitation before he 'd answered . |
| 9 | During his detention there had been several protest demonstrations attracting crowds of up to 12,000 people , and Khmara had twice staged hunger strikes . |
| 10 | What space there had been was taken up by two glass-topped tables . |
| 11 | What disturbances there had been or might be were or would be caused entirely by ‘ a body of persons opposed to the religious views of … the Salvation Army ’ . |