Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [prep] be [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only did I not know how the apple had come to be on the bookcase , or in the house for that matter ; but how could it be perfect in every way . |
| 2 | The end of active hostilities between Chad and Libya in September 1987 ( see pp. 35876-79 ) , and the formal declaration of Oct. 3 , 1988 , that their war was at an end ( see p. 36256 ) , made it possible for the Habre regime to pursue what it described as a policy of " national reconciliation " with the many groups and factions which had come into being during the country 's protracted civil war . |
| 3 | An easy symbiosis had come into being between the cultivated pagan and the educated Christian . |
| 4 | Although at first he had to consolidate his position at home , it was always his ambition to undermine the European order which had come into being after the defeat of his uncle . |
| 5 | The Wolvercote Tongue was insured for half a million dollars , and one of the safest ways of transferring it over to England had got to be on the person of the traveller : few people would entrust such an item to letter-post or parcel-post or courier-service ; and even if they did , the insurance-risk premium would be prohibitive . |
| 6 | But that 's how it had got to be in the early days , otherwise it would have cost more to run than I took . |
| 7 | Instead she found herself remembering things she had disliked about the flat — the row of closed doors in the long dark passage , the kitchen looking out on to a brick wall , the occasional stiflingly hot summer evening when she had longed to be in the country . |
| 8 | If , at first , his rule had appeared to be to the benefit of France , in the last years it had suffered considerable setbacks . |
| 9 | It had been a rough race and Kelly had been glad that she had elected to be among the leaders throughout . |
| 10 | ‘ We had aimed to be in the top three and we need a real re-think . |