Example sentences of "[pron] had be [verb] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been working full time in a local factory for the past 8 years and usually enjoyed good relationships with her friends . |
| 2 | She had been widowed some time when we met . ’ |
| 3 | There was an area of bruising below the right eye but , although it was recent , Wycliffe felt sure that it had been inflicted some time before death — probably the day before . |
| 4 | However , the majority of MPs expressed their support , pointing out that he had been elected first time to the shadow cabinet , giving him a mandate and the right to the same loyalty which his predecessors , Donald Dewar and Bruce Millan , had received . |
| 5 | On Saturday he had been given some time off to visit his critically ill sister , 17-year-old Lillian , as she lay in hospital . |