Example sentences of "[vb past] it had be " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the gateway to the dock a black sports saloon had passed across a junction , unnerving her , but she doubted it had been Rory 's . |
| 2 | Ibrahim rather doubted it had been there in the first place . ’ |
| 3 | With Prime Minister 's Question Time at last over , those of us waiting to catch the Parkinson statement now found it had been further held up while one of the defence ministers made a laborious job of unwrapping the Ministry of Defence 's Christmas present for the navy — three new frigates . |
| 4 | When they had left the cinema , they found it had been raining so Yanto decided the standing position would be favourite . |
| 5 | ‘ I found it had been cheaply dry-cleaned. he had obviously lent it to her . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I got out a ball gown to lend to a neighbour and found it had been cheaply dry-cleaned , ’ she said . |
| 7 | We found it had been secured only by one-inch-long wood screws . |
| 8 | A man who momentarily left a computer game outside his house in Greenbank Road , Darlington , found it had been stolen when he returned . |
| 9 | The Terrorist Squad believed it had been intended for the Lord Mayor 's Parade later that day . |
| 10 | On every side table were empty beer bottles sitting sadly in rings of beer ; two empty glasses decorated the mantelpiece , and the piece of petrified driftwood which usually graced it had been shoved to the back , to make way for some empty plates which looked as if they had held meat and cheese . |
| 11 | Wexford had seen that glass and teak lamp in a Kingsmarkham shop and noted it had been priced at twenty-five pounds , one and a quarter times Hatton 's weekly wage . |
| 12 | Now that it was happening it seemed it had been inevitable from the start . |
| 13 | I assumed it had been replaced , but in the circumstances … ’ |
| 14 | Dr McGarry claimed it had been in response to the earlier statement and he welcomed the decision . |
| 15 | Rob made me a cup of coffee and erm I forgot it had been standing there and er I went to take a mouthful course I got a mouth full of skin did n't I ? |
| 16 | Nevertheless , at Verdun when the battle began it had been outmatched — in numbers alone — by nearly five to one . |
| 17 | And I stuck it in there and I , I figured it had been there now for what eighteen months and I think it was you who said oh give it another six months |
| 18 | They discovered it had been hired by a Swiss honeymoon couple and they put out an alert for them . |
| 19 | But this dog , known as a Mexican hairless , landed him in court when trading standards officers in Felixstowe discovered it had been brought in without a licence . |
| 20 | She was overcome with emotion when she discovered it had been well cared for . |
| 21 | I heard it had been said that it was discouraged but er |
| 22 | Forgotten , or decided it had been idle talk , a vow impossible to realise . |
| 23 | When her father died it had been necessary for her to do some kind of work and the training in librarianship had seemed the most suitable . |
| 24 | And , well , I just felt it had been worth trying but it was n't going to work . |
| 25 | Afterwards , he felt it had been as if each of them had been waiting for the other to touch on a delicate subject . |
| 26 | An angry Queen Victoria , however , felt it had been lifted far too much , particularly over the clashes between Palmerston as foreign secretary and the prince consort . |
| 27 | ‘ Because you were so vulnerable , I felt it had been unfair of me to take advantage of you . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 've had a splendid time , ’ she replied instead , and when some minutes later a taxi whisked them back to their hotel she felt it had been a dream of an evening . |
| 29 | Asked whether he thought Mr McNeill had intended to make a racist comment , Mr Maan said that after listening to him he felt it had been an error of judgment and that Mr McNeill had not meant to offend anybody . |
| 30 | Asked whether he thought Mr McNeill had intended to make a racist comment , Mr Maan said that after listening to him he felt it had been an error of judgment and that Mr McNeill had not meant to offend anybody . |