Example sentences of "[pers pn] had [noun sg] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later , I had cause to be grateful for that clause . |
| 2 | I do n't think any of the five of us could ever remember Laura being cross — not that she had need to be , we were good and reasonable children , always having been treated reasonably , but she had her moments of trial . |
| 3 | She had reason to be wary , reason to act cool . |
| 4 | She had reason to be depressed this time . |
| 5 | Rain was no more vague than she had reason to be . |
| 6 | Well , as kind as they had time to be . |
| 7 | He insisted he had permission to be there — a story he repeated to police . |
| 8 | He had cause to be ; a number of the clergy who compiled the 1801 Returns saw the improving larger farmer as a mixed blessing , likely to be more interested in maximising his profits than in keeping prices reasonable , ‘ the cause of the dearness of Butcher 's meat , cheese , etc. etc … . it destroys the comforts of the lower class of society ’ . |
| 9 | He had reason to be touchy about Nechaev . |
| 10 | Or perhaps he had reason to be content , since Franca had been , perhaps visibly , moved , or startled by his sudden gesture of kissing her hand , something which she could not remember his ever having done before . |
| 11 | Yet again he had reason to be grateful that no-one in Vienna argued with a uniform . |
| 12 | That it appears to this Committee that the Secretary ( Mr Huntingford ) has propagated reports injurious to the character of the Professor and that his conduct appears highly culpable in having spread such reports after he had reason to be satisfied that they were groundless . |
| 13 | Resolved that , from the report of the Committee consisting of the Earl of Morton , Chairman , & c this meeting is perfectly satisfied with the Character & Conduct of the Professor Mr Vial and is of opinion that the conduct of the Secretary Mr Huntingford is highly culpable in having propagated reports injurious to the Professor Mr Vial after he had reason to be satisfied the [ sic ] were groundless . ’ |
| 14 | He had reason to be in that camp … |
| 15 | He had reason to be frightened . |
| 16 | He looked scared to death , and he had reason to be for he was doubly identified by both of us . |
| 17 | He had reason to be proud he thought , as he gazed through his car windscreen at the line of traffic ahead . |