Example sentences of "that it had be [vb pp] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reporting the statement , Reuters said that it had been assumed that Pol Pot was directing the Khmers Rouges from secret bases . |
| 2 | During the course of the campaign the Liberal leader failed to deflect charges that the early election was prompted by political opportunism , and that it had been called while the Liberals still enjoyed a lead in the opinion polls , but with an economic downturn in prospect . |
| 3 | It is the equivalent of a British government refusing to appear for questions in the House saying that it had been elected and therefore did not need to defend its decisions before parliament . |
| 4 | But , in this case , we must suppose that he was both immoral and stupid : immoral in producing evidence which he knew to be forged , and stupid in not going further and producing the letters with their forged additions , for he would have known that a similar forgery supporting the monastic community at Canterbury had recently been submitted at Rome , and that it had been accepted and solemnly quoted to him by the pope as genuine . |
| 5 | ‘ Indeed , when we discovered the letter had been sent on , because of client confidentiality , we felt it was important that we should tell any client for whom we acted — either before or presently — that it had been done and not at our behest . ’ |
| 6 | It was standard procedure for such conglomerates to collect contemporary art , now that it had been recognized that such art was plentiful , reasonably affordable , and able to yield substantial returns . |
| 7 | A leading Right-On thinker , she had co-written the Beyond The Fragments book which had started as a mere pamphlet , but had attracted so much interest that it had been upgraded and sold an extremely respectable 20,000 copies in paperback , having a major effect on its earnest readership . |
| 8 | The majority of their lordships rejected this argument and held that it had been intended that a customer who accepted the offer by buying four gallons would thereby become entitled in law to have a World Cup coin . |
| 9 | Helen whispered to Sarah that it had been confirmed that she was pregnant and the baby was due in late November . |
| 10 | The room had been vandalized — viciously so ; but it was equally apparent that it had been furnished and cared for at a level totally different from the other rooms . |
| 11 | ‘ But I understood that it had been arranged that one of us was to go into each room . ’ |
| 12 | I had queried his dose of Dexamethazone with a nurse earlier , and she assured me he was getting it in his drip , but I have a suspicion that it had been reduced or even forgotten . |
| 13 | On Saturday the owner of another shed at the caravan park discovered that it had been entered and a fishing rod and other fishing equipment , worth £120 , was taken . |
| 14 | Deal or no mysterious deal , now that it had been established that he had not tracked her down all she wanted was for him to go . |