Example sentences of "be [vb pp] and had [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The original walls were so badly damaged they could not be saved and had to be pulled down because the stone had become non load-bearing . |
| 2 | Adopted without a vote on Nov. 22 , part B of Resolution 44/27 expressed the conviction that the system of apartheid could not be reformed and had to be eliminated , leading to the establishment of a united , non-racial and democratic South Africa . |
| 3 | Assembling slaves required capital , or at least credit , to get started , and the slaves had to be trained and had to be watched in case they rebelled . |
| 4 | The officers of Jubert 's company , then in reserve , were playing cards when word came back that the forward positions had been overrun and had to be instantly retaken . |
| 5 | Some were catapulted out of smashed windows , while others were trapped and had to be cut free . |
| 6 | All the pumps were frozen and had to be freed with burning straw . |
| 7 | Even so , such crowds gathered that in parts of Lower Bavaria and the upper Palatinate halls reserved for the ceremonies were overfilled and had to be closed off by the police . |
| 8 | Five of the 50 cartons were damaged and had to be returned to a workshop in Essex for repair . |
| 9 | Success rates were higher when names of shapes were provided and had to be matched with pictures of real objects in the forms of a cylinder , prism , cuboid and some pyramids . |
| 10 | The driver of that car was injured and had to be cut free … two people in a second car which hit the transporter 's tractor unit are also hurt |
| 11 | The ground was cropped until it was exhausted and had to be left for a few years to recuperate . |