Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] so many [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There had been so many meetings ; 80 a day , someone had told him .
2 There had been so many secrets .
3 ‘ Our last two albums for them , ‘ Peace In Our Time ’ and ‘ No Place Like Home ’ , were stodgy affairs , and there had been so many hassles .
4 During the short time their marriage had lasted , there had been so many times when she had given in to Julius 's forceful demands , just to keep the peace .
5 He was consumed by indignation that there had been so many attempts to swindle his country in its attempts to gain arms to protect itself from the aggression of Iraq .
6 There had been so many pieces of paper ; 50 million at least , someone else had told him , generated during his eight years as President .
7 It was n't worth asking of what kind ; there had been so many beginnings .
8 But she said that they had been so many months or when everybody else had a pay rise they only had a little bit .
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