there had been # 11_1KI_17_07 # And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. 
there had been # 44_ACT_15_07 # And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men [and] brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. 
there had been # 48_GAL_03_21 # [Is] the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.