Example sentences of "both had be [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 Both had been flown from Tangmere while undertaking their world air speed record runs in 1946 and 1953 respectively .
2 Both had been stabbed and shot .
3 Both had been defeated .
4 Both had been implemented .
5 Both had been ridiculed , struggled for sponsors and money and both had gained respect for their efforts .
6 Now both had been swept away and under the new Act a debtor could only be adjudicated bankrupt on his creditor 's petition .
7 Both had been dragged on a Highland holiday from leather-button cardiganed Surbiton , I also decided .
8 Both had been dismissed from the Army for involvement in a previous attempt in May 1988 .
9 Both had been sold off and Aunt Lou remained in residence on the ground floor which she 'd had converted into a suitable flat for herself .
10 Both had been pardoned by Menem in October 1989 [ see pp. 36972-73 ] and subsequently cashiered , but Seineldin had been re-arrested and sentenced on Oct. 22 to 60 days ' military detention in San Martín de los Andes , 1,500 km from Buenos Aires , for bypassing the Army chain of command and writing directly to Menem warning him of growing discontent within the Army [ see p. 37853 ] .
11 Both had been arrested and were charged with serious terrorist offences , of which I was sure they were totally innocent ; although I was equally sure that they had engaged in active political propaganda , which in some ways would have been no less objectionable to the South African government .
12 Both had been returned by huge majorities , having long been out of office .
13 It transpired that both had been betrayed by a Russian agent , Hans Geyer , who using the alias ‘ Henry Toll ’ had infiltrated Gehlen 's organisation and passed on all the details of his plans to Moscow .
14 Both had been associated with the exiled ‘ government ’ based at Chungking from 1938 to 1945 .
15 The reason for drawing a distinction between Francis and Findlay though both had been held incommunicado in breach of PACE was that Francis , unlike Findlay , had been able to see his solicitor for half an hour before signing the notes .
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