Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [prep] be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had expected to be one of the others . |
| 2 | Lisa had expected to be impressed by Vass 's seaside abode . |
| 3 | If , moreover , at this early date , sizeable Nazarean enclaves existed as far distant as Syria , one can not ignore the possibility that they had come into being prior to Jesus 's death and were already established at the time of the Crucifixion . |
| 4 | If there was indeed any mystery about Ewen Mackay 's visit to my cottage , the clue to it might well be here , in the house he had claimed to be familiar with . |
| 5 | Furthermore , she had grown to be grateful for the fact that their lives had drifted irretrievably apart , and she had prayed that things might stay that way for ever . |
| 6 | That intolerable woman , she thought bitterly , had managed to become president of the Tollemarche Downtown Community Centre by a majority of a single vote , and Mrs Frizzell had had to be content with the vice-presidency , which office she declared gave her all the work and none of the authority . |
| 7 | She had been giddy in the mornings and tired at night ; her breasts felt different , she had been sleeping badly , dreaming dreams , longing all day for Tristram to come and take her in his arms and love her , when instead she had had to be content with no more than a covert glance from him when he came home from Knollys 's yard in the evenings , or a touch of his ankle under the table at supper time . |
| 8 | In early August the Minister of War , General Castelló , had had to be relieved of his post , suffering from psychological exhaustion . |
| 9 | Donaldson had got over being self-conscious about his signing quite early on in his training , but as he squatted down before the cage and made a greeting sign he felt that early embarrassment returning . |
| 10 | Sir Graham , who is a member of ACOST , said Britain had proved to be good at increasing the knowledge base but weak at developing the technological benefits . |
| 11 | Eudo Tailler , however , had proved to be one of their strongest victims . |
| 12 | Interviewed on RTE Radio , Mr Spring said the killings underlined the need for inter-party political talks to resume , while Mr Hume said the use of internment had proved to be counter-productive in the past . |
| 13 | By the time he called it a day , he had played in 60 Tests and taken 249 wickets at 23 , and like all of his fast-bowling colleagues had benefited from being one of a quartet as he could operate in short spells and rest more often . |
| 14 | A long time ago , Alice thought , as she heard the arrival of the first of Félix 's dinner guests , she and Harry had longed to be rich in order to buy themselves a house which they could share . |
| 15 | Yugoslavia would remain official chair , but had asked to be relieved of its practical duties in view of the civil war . |
| 16 | In its initial statement , UNITA said that Gen. Miguel N'Zau Puna and Gen. Tony da Costa Fernandes had asked to be relieved of their duties in order to concentrate their efforts on a resolution to the issue of the secession of the Cabinda enclave . |
| 17 | She had wanted to be strong to the end , give no evidence of what this overthrow was doing to her . |
| 18 | He had wanted to be sure before tackling Mary Penrose ; now he was . |
| 19 | She had wanted to be beautiful like Paula , would have traded everything to be just a little like the sister whose stunning good looks had the power to attract and mesmerise wherever she went . |
| 20 | Tonight she had wanted to be alone with her memories . |
| 21 | By the time it did satisfy the relevant purpose test ( by having acquired the business ) it had ceased to be close by virtue of the institutions ' investment . |
| 22 | I had ceased to be good at the convent , and now I also ceased to be either healthy or clever . |
| 23 | Whether because they had ceased to be pleased about her birthday or simply because they were tired , she did not know . |
| 24 | Within a short space of time , the laboratory had ceased to be involved in the launch vehicles , themselves ( so making ‘ Jet Propulsion ’ a highly anomalous title ) , and had become connected to the newly-formed NASA empire . |
| 25 | They had ceased to be shocked by nudity , and accepted that it now happened mostly on remote beaches where it need n't offend any villagers . |
| 26 | Insanitary conditions , and the concentration of people and rats in a limited area , made them vulnerable to attacks of plague , and it is noteworthy that even when the disease had ceased to be common in the country , it persisted in urban areas . |
| 27 | Deputies from Estonia 's Russian minority boycotted the vote on the new law , describing it as discriminatory and claiming that it violated the constitution of Soviet Estonia , although Estonian nationalist deputies countered that that document had ceased to be valid since the March 30 declaration of a transition to independence [ see pp. 37322 ; 37461-62 ] . |
| 28 | That was probably all she had left to be proud of — she was still alive . |
| 29 | Frankie had learned to be wary of that place . |
| 30 | Your mother had learned to be independent in Paris — her own woman . |