Example sentences of "david had been " in BNC.
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| 1 | After David had been there a couple of weeks , I used to go off doing odd bits of work in London , working as a journalist , although I was n't very keen on that side of my life at the time — there were other things that interested me more . |
| 2 | With my father agreeing to give me £2,000 , and adding , ‘ This is the third plane ticket I 've bought for that man ’ , I flew back to England and finished painting the house white , thanking God that I liked the art nouveau and Edwardian furniture David had been buying , because otherwise it could have been tricky , having received the letter and realising that it might actually be love , it might actually be something serious going on . |
| 3 | Added to which , David had been interviewed by Melody Maker and said he was gay which gained a lot of publicity . ’ |
| 4 | David had been promising to paint the new metal design for two weeks now , ever since they had had it fitted . |
| 5 | His first stab at an Open Championship was at St Andrews in 1957 with Laurie Ayton , whose uncle David had been Tip 's golf teacher . |
| 6 | ‘ David had been involved with a couple of things in the past , producing a couple of B-sides when I was in Quiver — we actually used his home studio for demos . |
| 7 | David had been eighteen when his mother died , after a surprisingly short illness , which Luther Reynolds had insisted was , ‘ Nothing more than a cold . ’ |
| 8 | Police said David had been to a pal 's engagement party at a nearby pub but how he was killed remained a mystery . |
| 9 | David had been shocked ; Jonathan , who was altogether the more worldly , found the spectacle to have been immensely diverting . |
| 10 | As Rachel reached her flat and let herself in she found herself trying to remember whether David had been there that evening when her mother had sent for her . |
| 11 | David had been right when he 'd said that Rachel knew the whereabouts of Brooklands , for she had been there with her parents and her sister shortly after David and Jennifer 's engagement had been announced . |
| 12 | So David had been on duty this morning , had he ? |
| 13 | David had been right , thought Juliet excitedly , as they approached the first of a row of huge old houses . |