Example sentences of "something which had been " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Alfred Watkins , it was not a sudden flash of inspiration from the beyond but something which had been building up within the deeper levels of his being throughout a lifetime of contact with his native countryside . |
| 2 | During the course of this session , I repeatedly reminded her of the fact that she was seeing something which had happened some time ago and that time had proved her recovery to be complete — something which had been born out by the numerous examinations and X-rays she had since undergone . |
| 3 | And it brought home to me with a rush something which had been slowly dawning on me ever since I joined the Air Force ; that I had been spoiled for quite a long time now . |
| 4 | Once she got away from lingerie interest flagged and Rain found herself puzzling over something which had been said before the speeches began . |
| 5 | Julia was aware of something which had been planned beforehand yet it did not discomfort her . |
| 6 | Something which had been out of place ? |
| 7 | Later that day , in the early afternoon , Matey was instructing McAllister in how to knit — something which had been left out of her previous education . |
| 8 | The results were interpreted as giving a continued endorsement to the efforts of the non-party President Georgios Vassiliou to pursue UN-backed talks with the Turkish Cypriots — something which had been the key issue of the electoral campaigns . |
| 9 | Or had something which had been brought back from Romania in another golf bag been fitted inside it ? |
| 10 | One example was at London Zoo when a polar bear called Brumas died at the age of nine because he ate something which had been thrown into his enclosure . |