There had been someone in my life over the last few years who, although they had been a dear friend in the past, had betrayed and disrespected our friendship.

过去的几年中，有些人在我的生活中，即使他们曾经是我的好朋友，但他们背叛或者并不尊重我们的友谊。

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In the past two years, he added, there had been dozens of unresolved kidnappings involving American citizens along the border.

他同时补充道，在过去的两年里，边境地带发生了数十起牵涉美国公民的未被解决的绑架案。

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In the past, customers have been quite willing to buy insecure software, so there had been no financial incentive to create secure software.

过去，顾客十分愿意购买不安全的软件，所以根本没人愿意出钱开发安全的软件。

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There had been fears in the past that school closures would affect absentee records.

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There had been calls in the past for the impeachment of Lugo, but the scandals weren't enough to bring him down.

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Mr Simmons, who is on the academy's interim board of governors, said that there had been difficulties in the past with behaviour issues.

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