Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] the [noun sg] had be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detective Superintendent Keith Readman , Head of Durham South CID , revealed yesterday the delay had been caused by surgery to 24-year-old Pringle 's jaw . |
| 2 | And here we learn something new , for though the sculptor has chosen to leave the left hand exposed he gives us an indication as to how shrouds were placed once the body had been encoffined : the right sleeve has been pulled down over its hands and gently tucked under the fingers . |
| 3 | The screw holes were countersunk and infilled once the screw had been driven home , though infilling was unnecessary with polished coffins where decorative beading was to be used . |
| 4 | Each of these gates were fitted with a sluice , to enable the space between it and the gate on the tank to be flooded once the join had been made . |
| 5 | Luckily no-one was injured and recording recommenced once the bridge had been resecured . |
| 6 | He felt sure the man had been paid some sort of allowance for putting him up , but it did n't look as if any of it was going to be spent on food . |
| 7 | Gina bit into an apricot and nut Danish pastry , acknowledging an untypical craving for sweetness , beginning to relax now the conversation had been established as impersonal . |
| 8 | In its weak form , the clausal hypothesis is that some partial and preliminary hypotheses about the meaning of a clause will be developed as information about the clause is being taken in , although the definitive decision about clausal meaning could only be taken once the clause had been fully perceived . |
| 9 | Centre director Anthony Roberts learned yesterday the bid had been successful . |
| 10 | When Bissett had left home the sky had been clear . |