Example sentences of "that it [verb] been [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British critic Bryher regarded the film as ‘ the first authentic comment on the War ’ , praised particularly the depiction of enlistment , and poured scorn on those other British critics who had disliked the film 's suggestion that it had been America who had won the war . |
| 2 | I asked a mystified Robins , who explained with a laugh that it had been Colonel Fawcett 's idea . |
| 3 | She 'd told herself that it had been self-respect , a dislike of casual sex , that had motivated her . |
| 4 | She grinned and pushed him out , glad that it had been Mario 's little maid and not Lucenzo who had helped her to dress earlier . |
| 5 | It was hard for her to believe that it had been Charley , her Charley , who had killed three boys . |
| 6 | No matter that it had been police business , and that someone had to do it , he had personally selected Phyllis Henley yesterday . |
| 7 | My sleep/wake clock had bust a spring and I was worried about the fact that it had been Billy Tuckett who had dropped through the skylight . |
| 8 | Given our general theme , that it has been attitudes which determine methods , it is perhaps not surprising for the reader to discover that the amount of research on the effects of the systems of signing is very small indeed . |
| 9 | Those who forget the virtues of solidarity in order to protest against the downgrading of individual agency might recall that it has been intellectuals who have been most prone to inflate the significance of individuals — particularly intellectuals — to the same degree that their theories propose universal categories and claim universal effects . |