Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [pers pn] had [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defendants argued that deformity would have occurred as a result of the injury , whether or not it had been properly diagnosed on the first trip to hospital . |
| 2 | It was a place he rarely went , and now he had been twice in twenty-four hours ; last night with Benny , and tonight because he was so late and fussed getting back from his useless journey to Dublin . |
| 3 | And there she had been again , almost packed to make way for Mr Martin 's wife , when once again fate had taken a hand , and now she was set nicely . |
| 4 | Poverty nearer home had been less vividly presented to her , and indeed it had been less colourful , less extreme . |
| 5 | She stared up at him , touched to tears by his thoughtfulness , he had come into her life such a short time ago and yet he had been so good to her , so strong and kind . |
| 6 | He says : ‘ She seemed a happy person on the surface but underneath she had been deeply affected by her parents ’ divorce . ’ |
| 7 | But then I had been very ignorant of the disease ; now I was wiser . |