Example sentences of "[adv] [that] [noun prp] [vb past] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The keys of old harpsichords are indeed often seen to be hollowed ; however , what this suggests is not that Handel had been assiduously practising on it for many years , but rather that ( being at least loo years old when Hawkins saw it ) it had never had the keys replated. 19th-century scholars were intrigued by this tale , and more than a century after Handel 's death embarked on the quest to rediscover the instrument . |
| 2 | ‘ Not directly but we did find out that Inez had been getting letters with Spanish stamps . ’ |
| 3 | She wondered what Spiderglass would do to Chesarynth when they found out that Jezrael had been trying to free her . |
| 4 | It turned out that Killion had been in the cellar when the police came , and he escaped through a trapdoor into the street . |
| 5 | Now that Coleman had been seen working with DEA agents in Cyprus , there was a clear risk that he might also have been identified by one of their Beirut informants as a friend of Tony Asmar 's . |
| 6 | But she was relieved to see Patrick thrive at last now that Maggie had been weaned off gin , and when Rosa 's sixth baby arrived she helped with it , gaining experience for when her own time came . |
| 7 | Perversely , she wished now that Tom had been in the room after all . |
| 8 | Sheridan Lorrimore , saying loudly that Angelica had been a bitch , made a lunging grab at the pistol sitting prominently in a holster on the Mountie 's hip . |
| 9 | It was n't that long ago that John Hurt was drinking heavily , and had been doing so for years . |
| 10 | The miners who had escaped , knew immediately that John had been left behind but did not know whether he had been entombed alive or buried under the rock . |
| 11 | Manville knew then that Hayman had been right in writing him off as a washed-up veteran . |
| 12 | I realised then that Iris had been right . |
| 13 | ‘ If only we knew what was happening , ’ women said to each other as news came that Holland had been flooded and then that Rotterdam had been blitzed and the Dutch had surrendered . |
| 14 | After the coup I heard from my ambassador there that Shelhi had been woken by his batman on the morning of the coup with the words , ‘ Excuse me sir , the coup has begun . ’ |
| 15 | This argument reflects the official view disseminated after the war had begun again that Edward had been coerced into accepting the treaty while he was under the tutelage of Mortimer and Isabella and that therefore he could not be bound by it . |