Example sentences of "adam had been " in BNC.
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| 1 | A jury swore in 1266 that John son of Nigel and his ancestors had been foresters of fee of Bernwood Forest ‘ from the Conquest of England ’ : another jury declared that the ancestors of William son of Adam had been granted the manor of Hutton-in-the Forest by Henry I , to hold by the serjeanty of keeping the bailiwick of Plumpton in Inglewood Forest . |
| 2 | Adam had been right , and it was in an east London near-ghetto that Shiva lived . |
| 3 | He and Adam had been at the same school , though he was a bit older . |
| 4 | Beryl meant that Adam had been among the previous owners of Wyvis Hall while her husband had not , but she knew better than to point this out . |
| 5 | They had n't been out for any days since Adam had been at home . |
| 6 | It was funny how good Adam had been at naming things , the rooms in the house , the house itself even , or at naming the idea of it , the concept , Ecalpemos . |
| 7 | Turned out she wanted to know if Uncle Adam had been sending any radio messages . |
| 8 | At school she and Adam had been the different ones , the Demdykes — the ones with a dead mother and a crazy father . |
| 9 | So Adam had been let be . |
| 10 | Adam had been more than helpful , when it came to moving in . |
| 11 | Adam had been right about the contacts she could make , but her mind was no longer in tune with business this evening . |
| 12 | Since Adam had been monopolising practically all her time , she could n't protest her dislike of him too vehemently . |
| 13 | Keeping everything from her had been incredibly tough , particularly since Candy was highly adept at winkling out secrets , but Adam had been completely inflexible on the subject . |
| 14 | Erm in short Adam had been given erm lordship over the earth and all its creatures and with that he 'd been given lordship over all human beings and the kings of this earth have inherited that lordship , that dominion . |