Example sentences of "[conj] be [verb] [conj] [pron] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | We enquired and were told that they had been disbanded . |
| 2 | The AS presumably indicates Andrew Stavanger , and the TMJ will be his secretary , or one of the typing staff And it reads sensibly enough — it is just the sort of letter that he might have been expected to write if he got back to his office late and were told that you had been trying to get in touch with him . |
| 3 | I was always running up against her and being told that I had a shoelace undone , or my buttons needed polishing , or my hair was touching my collar , Airwoman ! |
| 4 | Compared John Campbell , charmer , and being interrogated if he had practiced a charme att Port Askaig with a bible and a key , reading some verses in the fiftieth psalm in order to find out theft , did acknowledge the said charme . |
| 5 | Compared John Campbell , charmer , and being interrogated if he had practiced a charme att Port Askaig with a bible and a key , reading some verses in the fiftieth psalm in order to find out theft , did acknowledge the said charme . |
| 6 | We followed the wall 160 ft , at which point it doubled its width and was continuing and we had no time to go further . |
| 7 | Happily my inspector friend was at hand , He opened the Chief Constable 's hospitality cupboard , I had a dram and was told that they had been tipped off that afternoon about some Scot that would run some sheep through the Lion . |
| 8 | But when they were late in arriving , Mr Stokes rang the agent and was told that they had been impounded at Dover for five weeks while checks were made for drugs . |
| 9 | I went back again and was told that I had to send it off myself for repairs to the address on the guarantee card and pay £4 postage and insurance . |
| 10 | The Protestant marriage did n't reconcile his father , who believed that his son had been caught and was marrying because he had some misplaced sense of honour . |
| 11 | There had been a tremendous hash made of one contract by her predecessor , it was true , but that had all but been completed when it had landed on her desk , so there was no way she could be held to account for it . |
| 12 | The couriers signed on for courses at two language schools in order to get visas , but were caught when one had his baggage searched at Heathrow . |
| 13 | Yevgeny Primakov , the Deputy Foreign Minister recently prominent in Soviet mediation efforts to end the Gulf Conflict , was similarly rejected in a first round of voting , but was endorsed after he had been renominated . |
| 14 | She complained that her children had apparently not been allowed access to a Baptist minister , but was told that they had not asked for religious support when it was offered . |
| 15 | He asked to see Laura , but was told that she had no wish to see him . |
| 16 | The man has ninety-one previous convictions , but was released because he had already spent time in jail on remand . |
| 17 | The man has ninety-one previous convictions , but was released because he had already spent time in jail on remand . |
| 18 | He 'd had ninety-one previous convictions , but was released because he had spent time in jail on remand . |