Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] [conj] [pron] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Roy went missing after being told that he had Parkinson 's disease . |
| 2 | It did seem , however , that Donna Hazell , the girl with leukaemia , stood a very good chance of being cured if she had a bone-marrow transplant . |
| 3 | Their mother had made a career out of being cosseted since she had left their father . |
| 4 | The proposed change would have prevented the older couple from being evicted unless they had consented either to the mortgage or the later sale . |
| 5 | I would not like it to be said that I had had my mother put away . ’ |
| 6 | Adolescents were to be taught that they had a duty to serve the community and these ideas were to be bound together within the framework of ‘ citizenship ’ . |
| 7 | And then he gave orders to Punch for tea to be prepared and they had a terrible time finding any china that was n't cracked or broken and then she went on working in the pantry as quiet as a mouse and she could hear you both talking as clear as clear . |
| 8 | She had told him lies about where Bella 's money was hidden , pretended to be fascinated when he had lied to her about spending the day with his father : ‘ We played golf together , then he took me for a ride in the new car . |
| 9 | The question was one which must often have arisen in this period of extensive rebuilding : Did an altar require to be reconsecrated after it had been moved ? |
| 10 | When she arrived at the Rectory she found that Mrs Chamberlin was out , the Rectory children had been taken for a walk by the nursemaid , the Rector had asked not to be disturbed for he had both a parish letter and acute indigestion to tackle that afternoon . |
| 11 | Father hated to be disturbed when he had anybody with him and I could see he was annoyed so I made myself scarce ; I mean I did n't stay to say what I wanted . ’ |
| 12 | And he seemed to be pretending that he had never touched her with his hot , wet mouth , anyway . |
| 13 | His parents , who were fair and liberal-minded people , were nonetheless confused and upset , and while giving Rajiv freedom to follow his convictions , they forbade him to be baptised until he had come of age . |
| 14 | I remember the disgraceful way she allowed you to be neglected when you had flu , only bringing up a water biscuit or two when she deigned to climb the stairs ! |
| 15 | We were convinced we had witnessed a terrible accident and hurried to the police station at Lochcarron to report the incident , there to be reassured that there had not been a crash , and gently rebuked for assuming there had been . |
| 16 | I needed to be reassured that I had reached a hospitable culture … |
| 17 | All children were considered to be constipated because they had either <3 bowel movements per week or painful bowel movements , or a rectal impaction , or an abdominal faecal mass on physical examination , or all four . |
| 18 | The judge said he had asked for the case to be re-listed because he had anxiety about the sentence he imposed . |
| 19 | In other words , you could ride into the ring with a home-made hard hat that would have to be accepted if it had a ‘ harness secured to the shell at more than two points ’ , but they can pull you up for wearing black jodhs ! |
| 20 | Wilson , whose own competence left something to be desired but who had learned from experience , had already centralised the finances which he had accused branches of the old union of frittering away . |
| 21 | She asked him if he would lift the bicycle over a stile for her , she not having realized there was a stile to be crossed when she had embarked over the fields by herself . |
| 22 | Gaining territory by right of conquest was an entirely acceptable way to expand an empire , but it remained to be seen if anyone had worked out any better methods than those of the Spanish for ruling the new subjects acquired in that way . |
| 23 | But in July Mary of Guise was able to fight back more successfully , and at the end of the month the two sides made another truce , by which Edinburgh was to be free to choose its religion , and Catholic observance was not to be reinstated where it had been suppressed . |
| 24 | Perhaps they had been loaded on the train many hours before Holly , because they seemed to him to be sleeping when he had first seen them in the darkened carriage . |
| 25 | Doreen Copas had to be reminded that she had been teaching Medau for all of 25 years by her Herts and Cambs colleagues and class members ; they presented her with a generous gift of garden tokens on the occasion of the Westhampstead Rally . |
| 26 | He was said to be fuming because she had n't told him where she was staying during her family skiing holiday in Klosters . |
| 27 | Then we was taken out of there into the Corporation Street where the fair used to be held and we had silhouettes of different aircraft on poles and holding them up and we er so as we could recognize them . |
| 28 | There were no major artists on Virgin whose sensibilities were likely to be offended as there had been at the Pistols ' previous stopovers ; no American parent company to interfere . |
| 29 | When , on the third morning I looked for Athman to say goodbye to him , he was nowhere to be found and I had to leave without seeing him again . |
| 30 | Others , perhaps with greater foresight , wanted the strike to be continued until they had created an acceptable alternative political structure . |