Example sentences of "of [pron] they had been " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not want to repudiate totally their previous policies , yet had to recognise the disaster of which they had been part . |
| 2 | In the darkness , under cover of which they had been kissing cuddling so much ( with his hand inside her blouse ) that she had not the first idea what the film was about , he took her hand and guided it down to his lap . |
| 3 | They wanted to drink , failing a quick thrash with a woman , and then tumble back into the field and race shouting into the forest to make the kill of which they had been unkindly baulked . |
| 4 | He brightened as he recalled some of what they had been told . |
| 5 | The estimated time to get to sleep after going to bed was reduced to a quarter of the baseline levels , and reports of difficulty in getting to sleep were reduced to a third of what they had been . |
| 6 | Unfortunately they were shipwrecked and lost much of what they had been given . |
| 7 | Although this was the exact opposite of what they had been saying in the previous year , it was consistent in suggesting that there was a conflict between leaders and members . |
| 8 | This was a soft seduction of her senses , a sensuous reminder of what they had been to each other and what they had lost . |