Sentence examples for had been strikes from inspiring English sources

"The first two pitches were sliders, and if both had been strikes, I would have taken them anyway," Wigginton said.

As in other places where there had been strikes, the government established a local Industrial Unrest Commission to see what could be done to improve the lot of the workers.

Francisco said afterward that he thought each of the pitches he had thrown during Buck's five-pitch at-bat had been strikes, and he wanted to know which had missed.

Mayor John V. Lindsay's administration was known for being tough with the city's labor unions; already there had been strikes and slowdowns by teachers, transit workers, police officers and sanitation workers.

But a nerve had been struck.

I had been struck by his remarks.

Onstage, the set had been struck.

Simpson, 28, had been struck several times.

She had been struck by the hike.

She had been struck 18 times.

She had been stricken by a massive stroke.