Example sentences of "it had [be] [vb pp] in [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been stopped in its tracks by the Railway Inspectorate and a public outcry . |
| 2 | Mr Johnson recorded an open verdict because it was not clear whether Mr Venables took the ecstasy himself , whether it had been placed in his drink or how many tablets he had taken . |
| 3 | ‘ The reader interprets the text as if it had been written in his own language , culture and time … . |
| 4 | Then back to the shop , with Lucy now taking the money from her pinafore pocket where it had been tied in her handkerchief , and paying for the corn ; to go on her way feeling quite a little woman of the world . |
| 5 | Thus Regan , in memoirs not noted for their kindness to the president , says , ‘ [ Reagan 's ] grasp of economic theory as it had been taught in his time ( Eureka College , class of 1932 ) was excellent , and he kept abreast of later theory . |
| 6 | Its boards were bowed and creaking ; it had been maltreated in its own time . |