It had been her lifelong ambition.
这是她终身追求的目标。
They had been primed with good advice.
他们事先得到了高人指点。
It had been designed as a family house.
它已被设计成一幢适合全家人居住的房子。
All in all it had been a great success.
总的说来，那是个巨大的成功。
The car had been his proudest possession.
这辆汽车是他最引以自豪的财产。
The dog was a stray which had been adopted.
这只狗是被收养的流浪狗。
Their room had been prepared with meticulous care.
他们的房间是经过细心布置的。
It had been 13 years since I'd last seen him.
我已经有13年没见过他了。
No time had been found for yawning that day, either!
那天也没人有时间打呵欠！
This child had been the colonel's joy in his solitude.
这孩子是上校在孤寂中的欢乐。
They fitted his feet as though they had been made for him.
它们很合脚，就好像是专门为他做的。
None could remember when the little church had been so full before.
谁也不记得那座小教堂以前什么时候是这样座无虚席的。
He was a merchant and he had been in business in Japan for many years.
他是一位商人，已经在日本经商多年。
She had been important in social-reform circles before her husband was elected President.
在她丈夫当选总统之前，她就在社会改革领域发挥了重要作用。
She had been a beauty in her day.
她年轻时是个美人。
His imagination had been fired by the film.
这部电影激发了他的想象力。
A bond of friendship had been forged between them.
他们之间形成了一种友谊的纽带。
Everything had been planned down to the smallest detail.
一切都已做了细致入微的安排。
She had been fiercely protective towards him as a teenager.
她过去曾极力呵护他这个十几岁的孩子。
As a girl she had been a model student.
还是女孩的时候她一直是模范学生。
Colourful streamers and paper decorations had been hung from the ceiling.
五颜六色的飘带和彩纸饰品被挂在天花板上。
How he wished he had been there!
他多么希望当时自己也在场！
The beach had been washed clean by the tide.
海滩让潮水冲刷得干干净净。
We found out later that we had been at the same school.
后来我们才弄清楚我们是校友。
The past few weeks of her life had been the most pleasant she could remember.
过去的寥寥几星期是她生命中所能记起的最快乐的时光。
She had taught him French and he had been an apt student.
她教过他法语，他一直是个聪慧的学生。
It had been an uphill battle to achieve what she had wanted.
她经过艰难的奋斗才达到她想要的目标。
When I arrived, I had the sensation that she had been expecting me.
我到那儿后，感觉到她一直在等着我。
He was not slothful: he had been busy all night.
他可没偷懒：他忙了整整一夜。
The baby had been ill but seemed to be on the mend.
这婴儿生病了，但看起来病情正在好转。
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