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tinha sido

had been

→ ter
phrase Uncommon #12,518
had been Used for the past perfect in passive constructions or to describe something that happened before another past event.
PO: Eu pensei que a porta tinha sido fechada.
EN: I thought the door had been closed.

A garganta do Tom tinha sido cortada.

Tom's throat had been cut.

Tom não tinha sido despejado.

Tom hadn't been evicted.

Achou que eu tinha sido morto.

He thought I had been killed.

— Um Dia de Fúria (1993)

Layla contou à polícia que tinha sido espancada por Fadil.

Layla told the police that she had been beaten by Fadil.

Não recebemos nenhuma notificação de que ele tinha sido despedido.

We received no notification that he had been fired.

O irmão ia com ela mas tinha sido preso.

Her brother was supposed to go with her, but he had been arrested.

— Cães de Aluguel (1992)

Ele tinha sido condenado a morte no Turquistão, mas ele conseguiu escapar.

He had been sentenced to death in Turkestan, but he managed to escape.

— Meu Amigo Ivan Lapshin (1985)

Tom não tinha sido cremado.

Tom had not been cremated.

Eu li no jornal que ele tinha sido assassinado.

I read in the newspaper that he had been murdered.

A carta tinha sido levada a Roma.

The letter had been taken to Rome.

Eu tinha sido avisado para não fazer isso.

I had been warned not to do that.

A árvore tinha sido arrancada por um tufão no dia anterior.

The tree had been uprooted by a typhoon the previous day.

Quando as luzes voltaram, tudo tinha sido apagado.

When the lights came back on, everything had been switched off.

— Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Vi um cachorro cuja cauda tinha sido cortada.

I saw a dog whose tail had been cut off.

Tom exigiu saber por que ele não tinha sido informado sobre as mudanças.

Tom demanded to know why he hadn’t been informed about the changes.

A autópsia revelou que o Tom tinha sido estrangulado.

The autopsy revealed that Tom had been strangled.

Quem te contou que o Tom tinha sido preso?

Who told you that Tom had been arrested?

O Tom tinha sido avisado para não tentar fazer isso sozinho.

Tom had been warned not to try to do this alone.

Tom não tinha sido derrotado.

Tom hadn't been defeated.

Ela descobriu tarde que o voo tinha sido cancelado.

She found out too late that the flight had been cancelled.

O tesouro tinha sido enterrado na ilha.

The treasure had been buried on the island.

Sonhei que tinha sido abduzido por alienígenas.

I dreamt that I had been abducted by aliens.

E era evidente que aquela casa tinha sido feita para nós.

And it was clear that that house had been built for us.

— O Sacrifício (1986)

Aquela louça nunca tinha sido usada.

That dish had never been used.

— Titanic (1997)

Eu sabia que meu carro tinha sido roubado.

I knew my car had been stolen.

O jornal disse que tinha sido perdido contato com o avião.

The newspaper said that contact had been lost with the plane.

Nesse exato momento percebi que ele tinha sido feito para ser pai.

At that exact moment I realized that he was meant to be a father.

— Uma Família de Dois (2016)

Ela nunca tinha sido beijada assim.

She had never been kissed like that before.

phrase Rare #21,674
had been Past perfect of "ser" or "estar". Used for something that was true before another past moment.
PO: Eu tinha sido muito tímido quando era criança.
EN: I had been very shy when I was a child.

Você realmente achou que tinha sido eu quem tinha pintado esse quadro?

Did you really think I was the one who painted that picture?

Na mídia, a operação tinha sido um sucesso.

In the media, the operation had been a success.

— Tropa de Elite 2: O Inimigo Agora é Outro (2010)

Fadil sabia que Layla tinha sido vítima de injustiça.

Fadil knew that Layla had been the victim of injustice.

Parecia que ele tinha sido muito feliz.

It seemed that he had been very happy.

E que tinha sido feio, muito feio, um desastre.

And it had been ugly, very ugly, a disaster.

— Senna (2010)

Era bem óbvio que tinha sido o Tomás que fez isso.

It was quite obvious that it was Tomás who did it.

Achei que tinha sido um acidente de cavalo no Mêdrano.

I thought it had been a horse accident in Medrano.

— O Fabuloso Destino de Amélie Poulain (2001)

O Galinha tinha sido o primeiro atirador do batalhão do Exército.

Galinha had been the first sniper in the Army battalion.

— Cidade de Deus (2002)

Enfim, um homem que tinha sido mulher.

Finally, a man who had been a woman.

— Laurence Anyways (2012)

Sabia que tinha sido ideia sua!

I knew it was your idea!

— Anaconda (2025)

Você realmente achou que tinha sido eu quem tinha feito isso?

Did you really think I was the one who did this?

Tom lembrava de como Mary tinha sido bela quando ele a conheceu.

Tom remembered how beautiful Mary had been when he first met her.

Achei que tinha sido um dos rapazes da universidade.

I thought it was one of the guys from the university.

— Lanternas Vermelhas (1991)

Mais tarde percebi que tinha sido o seu bom amigo, Sr. Nong Jinsun.

Later, I realized that it had been your good friend, Mr. Nong Jinsun.

— O Mestre das Armas (2006)