Example sentences of "had been [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was the daughter of a respected and well-to-do burgess of Lynne ( as King 's Lynn was then called ) who had been five times Mayor , and Alderman of the High Guild of the Trinity . |
| 2 | Good times , yes , they had been good times … |
| 3 | Daly stressed the narrowness of most reefs and showed , from examples where the rate of reef growth is known , that there had been ample time in the Post-glacial period for the growth of modern reefs . |
| 4 | Although it could be argued that it is not really chronology continuing ( as suggested by the chapter title ) because there had been insufficient time specification before 1950 , the sequence of this chapter proceeds from the basic foundations , to the alternative models , to sea level changes , Quaternary geography and hence to the prospect of environmental change . |
| 5 | But there had been strange times since then , and they 'd put Gentle in an apter mood for this study . |
| 6 | He said there had been sufficient time to bring an action , and awarded costs against the parents . |
| 7 | Bill had been enough times to a morgue . |
| 8 | It had been some time since I had visited Ingleborough , so last summer I went back with a couple of friends to rediscover some of its hidden treasures . |
| 9 | But obviously the revolution had been some time in the making . |
| 10 | It had been some time since they had had the chance for such indulgences . |
| 11 | But , city dweller as she had always been , she had been aware of every sound — the gentle lapping noises of the canal against the side of the boat , the small night sounds of birds and other creatures , and it had been some time before weary body and brain relaxed . |
| 12 | It had been some time now since the old pilots had been in a dog-fight , and Killion for one was sweating heavily by the time he landed . |
| 13 | Whichever way , she probably had n't given it much thought at the time and it had been some time later when her mother had told her that he had left the country and gone abroad to work . |
| 14 | Oh , they had been happier times ! |
| 15 | And how quick it had been this time ! |
| 16 | ‘ And that 's where he had been this time ? ’ |
| 17 | A petition organized by the Jewish people 's Council against Fascism and Anti-Semitism collected 77,000 signatures in two days ; it was felt that if there had been more time over a quarter of a million would have signed against Mosley 's proposed demonstration . |