Example sentences of "his had [been] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said he lost them about a week ago and heard today that a set which might have been his had been used by that psychic woman . |
| 2 | His had been an isolated and lonely existence , despite the people perpetually at his side . |
| 3 | Whitechapel had been re-opened , but his had been a malicious call — ‘ a mickey ’ . |
| 4 | Her voice , which had been raised , as his had been , so as to be heard while one of them walked ahead of the other , died away as they passed down the corridor , presumably en route to bed . |
| 5 | I wondered if he would see at once that something had happened to make my need of him as great as his had been of me when he last saw me . |
| 6 | FitzAlan had done so himself , except that his had been caused by fever and … |