Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] had be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the creature coming after Chant now had been responsible . |
| 2 | He pointed out , however , that since Mr Brown had already ‘ gone public ’ , he could reveal that the council already had been successful in obtaining a court decree against the former MP . |
| 3 | Garau too had been lucky , to be charged with grievous bodily harm instead of murder . |
| 4 | The drift apart had been gradual . |
| 5 | It had been all very well announcing that he was going to make a privateering cruise , but the preparations for it and the difficulties in getting a crew together had been enormous . |
| 6 | The justices in the court below had been right to conclude that the police had ‘ reasonable grounds for believing that , if they were not present at the meeting , there would be seditious speeches and other incitements to violence and breaches of the peace would occur ’ . |
| 7 | While the golf trade generally had been slow to respond , the R & A continued its generous support and the Gus Payne Trophy for the highest club donation to the annual appeal went to Wentworth , which raised a record total of £9,005 . |
| 8 | Humiliated , she 'd crept away , knowing that her brother too had been interested in the unknown girl . |