Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] had be [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shock of finding out about her child had been responsible for her husband 's fatal apoplexy , and she would feel guilty for the rest of her life . |
| 2 | Their mother had been dead for years , and their father had died only three weeks before . |
| 3 | Her mother had been dead for twenty years . |
| 4 | His hair had been white for as long as Burun could remember , but this was the first time his age had seemed to affect his behaviour . |
| 5 | His father had been right for once : she would make him the perfect match . |
| 6 | Even though his father had been dead for twenty years , she talked about him as if he were still alive . |
| 7 | Mr Parry said that his client had been unemployed for 13 years , unbelievably he had been sent on a computer course to Wrexham , and he could not even switch the computer on . |
| 8 | Mr Parry said that his client had been unemployed for 13 years , unbelievably he had been sent on a computer course to Wrexham , and he could not even switch the computer on.A 17-year-old youth made a remark and the offence was committed . |
| 9 | So it was that Henry Smith , who during his lifetime had been famous for avoiding any kind of malicious gossip and for his ability to reconcile opposing factions , was , after his death , at the centre of an international controversy . |
| 10 | I know your mother had been ill for some time , but I know that this will not have lessened the loss you and your family must now feel . |