Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] had not [adv] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the hectic middle years , couples may renew or begin activities together for which there had not previously been time . |
| 2 | They were interested in an object to which they had not before been exposed . |
| 3 | Forming a search image means learning to see something which had not previously been seen . |
| 4 | But the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the subsequent development of Soviet society produced an emphasis upon another strand in Marxist thought about the transition to socialism ( one which had not hitherto been given much prominence ) involving the idea of the ‘ dictatorship of the proletariat ’ ; and in the specific conditions prevailing in Russia , which differed entirely from those in Western Europe , this soon evolved in practice into the dictatorship of the Bolshevik party , then the dictatorship of the party 's central committee , and finally the dictatorship of a single individual . |
| 5 | Having put down the bottle , but still entranced by the ( to my nose at any rate ) sweet , dulcet tones of the essence , I decided to take another whiff to convince myself I had not really been dreaming . |