Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] had [been] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was the usual bawdy banter , of course , and it had been that way ever since she first put on her white apron and began serving behind the counter . |
| 2 | But , city dweller as she had always been , she had been aware of every sound — the gentle lapping noises of the canal against the side of the boat , the small night sounds of birds and other creatures , and it had been some time before weary body and brain relaxed . |
| 3 | Whichever way , she probably had n't given it much thought at the time and it had been some time later when her mother had told her that he had left the country and gone abroad to work . |
| 4 | But they had been few in number . |
| 5 | He saw and he cared , but it had been many months since he had counted with her . |
| 6 | But it had been enough to ensure him , at least pictorially , a vicarious immortality . |