Example sentences of "had [been] [prep] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alone of the 15 union republics , the Russian Federation previously had been without its own Communist Party , its party organizations being an integral part of the CPSU . |
| 2 | This had been of something more than philosophical interest to Karen and I in our pre-coital phase , since it meant that we could count on at least a minute thirty seconds before he reappeared , or as much as three minutes forty-five seconds if we heard the seat go down for a big jobby . |
| 3 | The NVA representative who wrote to tell her of the decision explained that although he must have ‘ seemed unsympathetic in the past ’ , it had been for her own good . |
| 4 | It seemed that she had been on her own forever . |
| 5 | Gemma , 11 , found fending for herself in her west London home while her mother , 31 , was on holiday in Spain , was taken in by Hammersmith Council on February 1 after complaints that she had been on her own for two days . |
| 6 | If I had been on my own I probably would not have done it . ’ |
| 7 | If he had been on his own he would have gone straight up but he was more used to walking and climbing , no doubt , than these policemen . |
| 8 | Mike came down yesterday morning , mind you he had been on his own quite a lot , a lot of time yesterday for the day Josh , cos I went to Altrincham with me mum at half nine and it , I 'd taken him out for a walk to make sure he 'd had his walk and Mike did n't get up till gone half two and when he come down he 'd cut a report of Lisa 's on the floor |
| 9 | She stared away from them and up beyond the cage towards the grey sky , and Creggan saw in her eyes a longing and a hope that he sensed had been with her all her long life , and was with her even now when he saw she was so near death . |
| 10 | I had a son , and my mother was delighted , as she had been with her own son . |
| 11 | Advice , prospectuses , fact sheets , helplines , career and benefits experts , course counsellors , businesswomen , and mature returners and learners , who had been through it all and come out stronger , were all there to persuade women learning is for life and it 's never too late or too hard to start . |
| 12 | Smooth and firm it had been under her own nervous touch , and she watched Miguel 's muscles , catching the sunlight as he dismounted and reached up to help her . |
| 13 | She had spent most of her own childhood trying to persuade her parents to fall in love with each other and known how little they really cared for each other or for her , but until recently she had not realised how little real love there had been in her own marriage . |