Example sentences of "had be [adv] [verb] [that] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the early decades of the century it had been widely assumed that the distinct geographical provinces of the modern world had only come into existence quite recently in geological terms . |
| 2 | In the eve-of-election euphoria , party aides had been confidently predicting that the Liberal Democrats could achieve a total of 29 or 30 seats . |
| 3 | In the eve-of-election euphoria , party aides had been confidently predicting that the Liberal Democrats could achieve a total of 29 or 30 seats . |
| 4 | In Helby v. Matthews he was merely hiring them and in Lee v. Butler it had been expressly agreed that the furniture was not to become his property until the payments had been completed . |
| 5 | Previously , it had been generally accepted that the requirement of an undertaking in damages as a condition of the grant of an interlocutory injunction did not apply in the case of the Crown . |
| 6 | Although it had been initially stated that the elections would be held in September , they were then postponed to Nov. 4 , with a second round if necessary on Nov. 25 . |
| 7 | In so far as Whitehall had considered these matters it had been vaguely assumed that a status quo ante would be established and the Dutch in the Netherlands East Indies , the French in Indochina , and the Colonial Office in Burma and Malaya would resume their rightful sway . |