Example sentences of "[adj] had be [vb pp] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was felt that this had been actuated by some bad ( and in the company 's opinion , unfair ) publicity . |
| 2 | There should have been a large timber column but this had been removed for some reason many years ago and led to the roof sagging some 4 ’ . |
| 3 | But all this had been wasted by some heavy handed crimping . |
| 4 | In 1987 , 233 had been admitted at some time into the prison hospital . |
| 5 | Laub ; they believed that six had been hit in all from an estimated fifteen . |
| 6 | These had been drawn without any reference to , or sometimes even without the knowledge of , their inhabitants and therefore had no national or even protonational significance for their populations ; except for colonial-educated and westernised native minorities of varying but generally exiguous size . |
| 7 | The Commission , in setting the level of the fine , took into account , as it had with the shipping fine , the fact that this was the first time a fine had been imposed in this particular sector . |
| 8 | All of these bodies had either been confined to MPs or had been expressions of ‘ Political Dissent ’ and had overlapped in membership , support and aims ; all had been shunned by most Methodists . |
| 9 | By the time Gloucester took control , the cash left by Edward IV had been absorbed by these military costs and there was relatively little money coming in . |
| 10 | By the time Gloucester took control , the cash left by Edward IV had been absorbed by these military costs and there was relatively little money coming in . |
| 11 | In each case the siblings concerned had been separated from each other when they were babies . |
| 12 | Her next mistake , in their eyes , was one of failing to inform them that the prizemoney for the Malaysian Open had been chopped in half . |
| 13 | Two days before last Q.T. Day the Society 's representatives had an interview with the Sports Council Grant Panel — the serious situation arising from that had been explained to all teachers present and everyone was asked to take a copy of the Development Plan to study . |
| 14 | By Sept. 21 eight people had died and more than 200 had been injured in this fighting . |
| 15 | Five of those released on Christmas Eve 1772 had been gaoled for each owing 12s 8d , and were given half a crown ( 2s 6d ) on discharge . |
| 16 | The third had been expected for some time . |
| 17 | The decrease in spot density with age observed in patients with constipation is not therefore an age related factor , but is most probably related to the duration of the symptoms as most had been constipated for many years . |