Example sentences of "and it [vb past] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only this time the fire that burned in the grate close by showed her the face of her dream-lover , and it had been Gentle 's face . |
| 2 | Because she 'd seen the bottle , and it had been good French burgundy … |
| 3 | Sally-Anne loved a dare , and Terry Rourke 's appeal had been frank and animal — he had excited her , and it had been simple for her to lie to her mother , to set out to go to a girlfriend 's home on the following afternoon and meet Terry instead . |
| 4 | It was the first silk garment she had owned , and it had been expensive , but Faye 's silk clothes always looked and felt so wonderful … |
| 5 | Construction work on the reactor , intended to generate electricity both for domestic use and for sale to Belgium and the Netherlands , had commenced in 1972 , and it had been due to start operating in 1979 . |
| 6 | Construction work on the reactor , which had been intended to generate electricity both for domestic use and for sale to Belgium and the Netherlands , had commenced in 1972 , and it had been due to start operating in 1979 . |
| 7 | And it had been easy to ignore them , not to listen , to walk away , when he believed them to be just dirt . |
| 8 | There was more wrong with Sheridan than ill-temper , and it had been obvious to his father for a long time . |
| 9 | … and it had been disconcerting . |
| 10 | But we were moving in different directions and it had been clear for some while that we stayed together out of habit . |
| 11 | It was n't really their Auntie 's pub , but she worked there and it had been convenient to make all the arrangements on a friendly family footing . |
| 12 | At school we were weighed regularly — at the beginning , middle and end of each term — and it had been customary for me to record my weight in my diary on all these occasions . |