Example sentences of "question [that] had been " in BNC.
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| 1 | She smiled to herself , reflecting that this was the question that had been torturing Richard all his life . |
| 2 | It was Michael who asked the question that had been troubling them all . |
| 3 | Scott LJ ( with whom Butler-Sloss and Purchas LJJ agreed ) said that the appeal raised a question that had been before the court on a number of occasions in the past 10 years . |
| 4 | Even four successive nights seemed an almost too generous slice of happiness , and on that fourth night , with the waning moonlight glittering on the sea and the crickets noisy in the hayfield on the other side of the wall , she gazed sadly up at him and asked the question that had been uppermost in their minds for some time . |
| 5 | Only three republics ( Belorussia , Turkmenistan and Tajikistan ) eventually voted on the single question that had been proposed by the central authorities . |
| 6 | The turnout , across the Soviet Union as a whole , was 80 per cent , and of those who voted , 76.4 per cent declared in favour of the question that had been asked of them . |
| 7 | Then Riven asked the question that had been gnawing at him for the last day : ‘ What about Murtach ? ’ |
| 8 | It was the question that had been tormenting her from the very moment she had seen him enter the room . |
| 9 | As he glanced up at her , his eyes shuttered , she found herself asking another question that had been puzzling her for a while . |
| 10 | Patrick had seen the chance to ask a question that had been on his mind a long time . |
| 11 | While Luce added a liberal amount of sugar and cream to her coffee a question that had been submerged in her mind suddenly resurfaced , and she queried , ‘ How did you know where I was staying ? ’ |
| 12 | Questions that had been submerged ( such as whether the world is becoming more secular ) have re-surfaced and been rephrased to take account of the complexities of religious beliefs and practices , and their relationship with both the individual and the increasingly complex wider society . |
| 13 | Far from creating a feeling of dissatisfaction , the opening up of such discussions frequently seemed to give them an opportunity to face questions that had been suppressed , but none the less niggling at the back of their minds . |
| 14 | She waited , holding her breath , wondering whether he would really answer all the questions that had been buzzing around in her head ever since she had first met him , or whether he would skirt around the subject and depend instead on the overwhelming attraction she felt for him to talk her back into bed . |
| 15 | Resisting the temptation to ask for answers to some of the questions that had been plaguing her , Luce shook her head . |