Example sentences of "[noun] had be [adv] [verb] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | That voyage had been the first leg of a planned circumnavigation , but those dreams had been brutally shattered when Masquerade was stolen from an anchorage in the Florida Keys . |
| 2 | In another case , the Court of Appeal held that a prosecution had been properly discontinued when a defendant had taken out a private prosecution for perjury against a witness who had given evidence against him at committal proceedings . |
| 3 | Yes , it was , how extraordinary , it was her own ex-patient Hilda Stark , diseuse , comedienne and would-be infanticide , whose career had been violently interrupted when in a fit of madness ( to put it non-technically ) she had nearly strangled her baby in its cradle : and here she was , laughing and drinking champagne , a guest ; how improper , how indiscreet ; was she married to somebody , had she come as somebody 's wife ? |
| 4 | Neither ailment had been positively identified when she arrived at the Royal and it was decided to transfer her for further investigation . |
| 5 | In Austria , where 23,000 refugees ( over half of whom were from Romania ) sought political asylum in 1990 , the influx had been sharply reduced when visa requirements for Romanians and Poles were reintroduced ( in March and September respectively ) . |