Example sentences of "[verb] and had [been] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The body was badly decomposed and had been in the water for a long time . |
| 2 | One might make the assumption that these are the same son of people who a few years earlier had enjoyed and had been moved by the pageantry of George V 's Jubilee and by George VI 's Coronation . |
| 3 | He would have been so happy that his daughter — his only child — ’ the pause-calculating arrived once more and pushed up Hope 's resistance another notch ‘ — had accepted and had been so proud to accept the proposal of a man as distinguished as you , sir . ’ |
| 4 | For Miss Green , Lee 's appointment was perceived as an explicit threat simply because in the previous year , renewal of the Cassell Trust 's grant had not been easily secured and had been made on the understanding that the 1930 renewal was to extend only for a further and final two years . |
| 5 | It was held that nevertheless the defendants were guilty because the statements in the advertisement were false when made and had been made recklessly . |
| 6 | Like many women , I had not know what to expect and had been shocked at how little I had been told about the reality of giving birth . |
| 7 | He later discovered that most of these scenes had never actually occurred and had been fantasies of the patient . |
| 8 | The days of the Prize Ring were such a brutal business , fought under rules which enabled men to inflict terrible injuries on each other , and fights were fought to a finish when a man was downed and had been battered into insensibility . |
| 9 | No doubt everyone in Mouncy Street knew what he had bought and had been looking or waiting for him to find out . |
| 10 | When privatised , the new plc was required to improve the river and the water supply as it had been hoping to do and had been prevented from doing . |
| 11 | He let Mac have his Celtic whims , everyone did ; he was vastly experienced and had been right so often . |
| 12 | When her alarm woke her up the next morning , she felt heavy-eyed and lacking in energy , but that was probably because her sleep had been long in coming and had been plagued with dreams when she had eventually managed to drop off . |
| 13 | He had refused and had been put before a firing-squad with a number of the villagers . |
| 14 | As for Mrs Dunstaple , she was so distraught that she no longer knew what she was doing and had been taken away , given a composing draught surreptitiously obtained from Dr McNab , and put to bed on her shelf in the pantry . |
| 15 | Three businessmen were then prosecuted for selling Iraq machine tools for making weapons — but confidential documents showed that they had told ministers what they were doing and had been encouraged to carry on . |
| 16 | Already , there had been a steady flow of Norman families into the country from England , but they were thinly spread and had been given no opportunity to make an impact on Scottish society and administration . |
| 17 | Economically , of course , it had never ceased and had been to both countries ' benefit . |
| 18 | Seb could see the growing knot of men and the light of their torches , but now the shouting had ceased and had been replaced by a low , angry murmur . |
| 19 | She also added , without being asked , that Annunciata was not , in Pen 's opinion , found to be a substitute for his Lily and that the maid had fallen ill with fever soon after Wilson left and had been useless to anyone . |
| 20 | I 'd been made a lance-corporal just before we left and had been put in charge of a group of boys . |
| 21 | She had called in at the office once since she left and had been greeted with pleasure . |
| 22 | She was rather young when she married and had been brought up as a lady , so it was another world for her . |
| 23 | Namawar and had been sent to hell-fire , came back in loud and strong . |
| 24 | She remembers that she had been knocking on doors for years to be given a chance to act and had been practically laughed out of town . |
| 25 | She was only 21 years old when killed and had been extraordinarily dedicated to our cause . |
| 26 | In 1953 a detailed examination of the Piltdown remains demonstrated conclusively that they were faked and had been planted as part of an elaborate hoax , evidently aimed at manipulating scientific views on human evolution . |
| 27 | Later in the month , however , agreements were reached which pre-emptied a crisis although discontent in the military remained and had been a factor in Enrico de Melo 's resignation as Defence Minister at the beginning of the year [ for which see p. 37197 ] . |
| 28 | An army spokesman pointed out to journalists that the men were being held under anti-terrorist legislation and added that they had already been interrogated and had been ‘ singing like birds ’ , a phrase from the criminal underworld implying that they had confessed to crimes . |
| 29 | Before the Brownings left Florence she had enquired of Mr Browning how things stood and had been told very ill , but that this must be kept from his wife until she was in the warm south and better able to stand the inevitable end of it all . |
| 30 | If children had already married and had been provided for a will was not necessary . |