Example sentences of "had [be] [vb pp] back [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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31 Dalgliesh found himself wondering if it had been brought back from a school trip to the capital .
32 In vain she had remonstrated with the powers that be that she had to be on the air in the Docklands by six , and when she finally pitched up , I had been put back on the phones for another session of ‘ And your address is — can you spell that please ? ’
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