Example sentences of "had [been] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been just past Luke when he had caught at her , and now his arms came round her from behind , drawing her back against him , and the response she dreaded was already weakening her as the warmth of him transmitted itself to her . |
| 2 | She had been just in time . |
| 3 | It had been just after Christmas ; she had worn a new pair of fur mittens her sister had given her . |
| 4 | The previous night we had been well on course for it . |
| 5 | They were in the middle of a meeting and he was irritated that Stevens ' mind — often his entire presence — had been elsewhere for weeks . |
| 6 | Rostov shook his head , concealing the knowledge that he had been briefly in danger of his life . |
| 7 | He had been apart from Irina on many occasions — too many — but a permanent separation was something he still had to get used to . |
| 8 | Yes , the dog had been slightly off colour for a week or two No , he was n't really ill , but listless and coughing occasionally . |
| 9 | She had been completely on Daisy 's side , from the very beginning . |
| 10 | She had been right of course . |
| 11 | There were so many more than when she had been here with Morthen . |
| 12 | If no one had been here for years , why did she fancy she could smell cigarette smoke ? |
| 13 | After all , the leading ministers had been continuously in office for the past ten years , and had achieved many of their declared objectives . |
| 14 | The earlier specification of the ‘ liberal arts ’ had been primarily of branches of knowledge . |
| 15 | Second , it was based in and expressed a paradox : that the educational reform had been primarily for men ; women were still relatively excluded . |
| 16 | G. E. Policemen in those days , particularly like me who had been away to sea , were a bit rough . |
| 17 | He noticed that when local church leaders had been away for Bible School training , they ceased to tell stories in their preaching . |
| 18 | After his visits to London his wife was waiting to welcome him as if he had been away for weeks , and she was always dutiful in bed . |
| 19 | Nevertheless they smiled and waved at him as he came in and Deuce , at the tape recorder , came over , arms open , as if he had been away for weeks . |
| 20 | Hoomey thought it very weird , and longed to discuss it with somebody , but dare n't , not even to ask Gary if Nails had been away at night . |
| 21 | She spoke as if Ruth had been away on holiday and must therefore have abounding strength and energy . |
| 22 | The latter , a cashier with the company , immediately protested his innocence and said that he had been away on holiday at the time . |
| 23 | Sunday was always the same in the Lewis home — now that it really was the Lewis home ; for the first ten years of Jo 's life her mother had been away making films and her father had been away on business so much that the main house had been a ghost dwelling ; the Chippendale and Sheraton furniture was draped in dust sheets . |
| 24 | But I was anxious to see Mr Rochester , who had been away on business , so I ran out of the quiet house to meet him on the road . |
| 25 | Mandru had been away on business for much of the time since Lucien had arrived , so performances had been few . |
| 26 | I had been away in London for the day , about three or four days after Dana 's departure . |
| 27 | She had been away from work for eight years and her second child was starting school when she saw an advertisement for a part-time market research executive . |
| 28 | The two and a half weeks I had been away from home seemed like years . |
| 29 | They had been away from home for eight weeks , and one evening the captain showed us the presents he had bought for his wife . |
| 30 | She was sitting on the opposite side of the grate and Louise Carter thought fleetingly how proud Nora had always been of her daughter even when they had been dramatically at loggerheads and how pleased she would be if she could see her now , in her elegant black dress and silver jewellery . |