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Discover LudwigThe phrase "had been happy" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It is generally used to describe a past state or condition of being happy, typically before a specific event or time frame. Example: "She had been happy before her father's passing, but the loss left a lasting impact on her."
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The times I had met her she had been happy, almost flushed with happiness.
Although I knew that we had been happy I found it difficult to feel any of that happiness.
O'Neill's last weeks had been happy ones.
"They asked if Mum had been happy.
In Cracow, her parents had been happy.
I asked him if he had been happy in Iraq.
In Cracow they had been happy without any of that.
"Until then," Box writes, "their marriage had been happy".
After all, Cox had been happy to accept payment that way, to set up service.
Manager Terry Collins said he had been happy with Valdespin's progress, considering the circumstances.
That was how we eventually parted, even though we had been happy together.
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