Example sentences of "and had [adv] [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to some press comment he had provided the link between the Mafia and the DC leadership and had thus been important in keeping Sicilian voters solidly behind the DC . |
| 2 | He had been an unsuccessful amateur jockey some fifteen years ago and had then been assistant to a leading jump trainer in Lambourn . |
| 3 | Angie Bowie : ‘ I never realized and had never been involved in who did what , but I suppose that amounts to , if one wants to look at it from Ken 's point of view , being the fly in the ointment , or of one wants to look at it from a real point of view as , in terms of property settlement and management , that I was being David 's manager at that particular time , because it was possible for me to advise him to do something about the things that really troubled him artistically . |
| 4 | She went to Canonmills School , then Broughton Higher grade , and had always been good at reading and spelling . |
| 5 | He had been brought up with a lot of fine furniture and had always been conscious of its value . |