Example sentences of "part of [pron] had [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like everyone else , I 'd come to Hawaii for the waves , but some clandestine part of me had been plotting all along to make love on the beach beneath a palm tree . |
| 2 | She must have sensed that one day I would be leaving her again , and that nearly broke my heart , knowing the sadness she must feel all too well in my experiences with lovers who never stayed long but left me feeling as if part of me had been torn from my body . |
| 3 | At last she could admit honestly to herself that some part of her had been waiting all evening for this moment when her own self-imposed barriers would be swept away . |
| 4 | She was finished with motor racing , she told herself fiercely , but she could n't help feeling empty and lost inside , as if an important part of her had been amputated . |
| 5 | The Madrid meeting was technically the second part of the 11th special session of the Treaty conference , the first part of which had been held in Vina del Mar , Chile , at the end of 1990 [ see ED no. 41-42 ] . |
| 6 | Indeed she did , for having sacrificed herself for this damnable dress material it was no more than commonsense to make certain that no part of it had been damaged or soiled , that she could go to Miss Dallam presently , when she found the strength to get up out of this bed and tidy her hair and her cuts and bruises , as if absolutely nothing had occurred . |
| 7 | No part of it had been exercised at 31st March 1991 . |
| 8 | Within a few minutes the picture was effervescing as part of it had been painted on gesso . |
| 9 | The prosecution was allowed to sum up its evidence in secret hearing as part of it had been given in camera . |
| 10 | The present owners purchased the mill in 1976 after part of it had been used to house chickens and the mill-pond had been used for fish-farming . |