It had been a wet raw winter.

那是一个寒冷潮湿的冬天。

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It had been her lifelong ambition.

这是她终身追求的目标。

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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。

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It had been almost ten years since the last major soccer league in the United States had closed down.

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It had been my accidental reading of fiction and literary criticism that had invoked in me vague glimpses of life's possibilities.

我偶尔会读小说和文学评述,这让我隐约地窥探到,生活的可能性，“

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because it had been established here before, but like,

因为这个俱乐部已经成立很久了，但是现在，

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Hull Road ward councillor Neil Barnes said it had been a "proud moment for York".

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John Shobbrook, who was evacuated from his property, said it had been "hard to take".

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It had been the last province under British control in Iraq to transfer to local security.

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