Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [that] had [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On his arrival , he had been satisfied to see the defences that had been set up around the hospital , and had every intention of congratulating those responsible . |
| 2 | There were none of the crowds that had been there during the day and we could really pray . |
| 3 | On the street again , suddenly I felt I was in the middle of a farce — ‘ POLICE SEARCH FOR THE BIG BANANA IS ON — and the discovery that actually I did have my cheque numbers in my moneybelt and that it was the photocopies that had been stolen made me almost light-headed . |
| 4 | Andreeva went on to complain of historical plays , such as those of Mikhail Shatrov , which were arbitrary in their interpretation and close to the views that had been put forward by Lenin 's opponents , and she deplored the obsessive interest in Stalin among many writers , obscuring the fact that his was a complex and transitional period in which industrialisation , collectivisation and a cultural revolution had brought the USSR into the ranks of the great powers . |
| 5 | The home is modestly plain inside with the radio as the only luxury and the Taylor family conversation is punctuated with constant references to the hardships of the depression , the debts that had been accumulated , the struggle to get the mechanic 's job in the factory , and the need for Frank to get the foreman 's job if there is to be further improvement . |
| 6 | Immediately these men destroyed the houses that had been built on the land . |
| 7 | She had been calm and not at all put out about Eve having abandoned all the plans that had been so carefully thought out for her . |
| 8 | And then Rufus was asleep , his head turned on to the muscle of his upper arm , the fingers that had been on Adam 's shoulder retracting as they relaxed . |
| 9 | Something of a spiritual vacuum prevailed following the discrediting of the orthodoxy hitherto imposed , and the values that had been so obviously tied up with the victor 's success and the material prosperity of the US seemed to be espoused with enthusiasm . |
| 10 | Others went their own way , delving farther into the secrets that had been revealed to them , living in the deep woods of the high crags , visited by petitioners who sought aid . |
| 11 | We had a stable rate base for a long time and we saw no reason to doubt that there was anything untoward in the ratings that had been made within our borough . |
| 12 | Many of the shapes that had been developed in the Early Minoan nevertheless continued in use , especially the one-handled cup and the jar with a short spout on its shoulder , bridged by the rim . |
| 13 | She did n't know at the time about the pictures that had been taken or about some of those activities in which he did take part . |
| 14 | It trembled uncomprehendingly over Harry Dunstaple running towards the ramparts waving a sabre and shouting orders , with the bulging pockets of his Tweedside lounging jacket swinging about his knees over Ford , carefully laying a train back to the wall of the churchyard from one of the fougasses that had been dug … over the Sikhs staggering here and there with loads of small stones to shovel into another fougasse not yet completed … over the green Fleury having a rest in the shade of a tamarind beside the Church wall … and finally over the pariah dog , looking towards Fleury with admiration but from a respectful distance ( for Fleury continued to reject its advances ) . |
| 15 | The US White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater had meanwhile ( according to Le Monde of March 26 ) said that it would not be sufficient for Libya to hand the two men over to the Arab League ; Libya had to comply with all the demands that had been referred to in Resolution 731 [ see ICJ verdict below ] . |
| 16 | The voices that had been loudest only seconds before were the quietest now . |
| 17 | They advised on the tactics that had been successfully used to defeat Labour in April , particularly in attacking their leading opponent personally . |
| 18 | ‘ Was the rehearsal a success ? ’ she asked stiltedly , still plagued by the doubts that had been besetting her ever since leaving Gavin . |
| 19 | But my experience is also , if we 'd bought the books that had been printed neighbours in the first place , no one would have noticed the difference . |
| 20 | Most of the books that had been set out on the last delivery had gone , and now more volumes were being added . |
| 21 | In unheard-of clarity , the words that had been spoken returned , the glances that had been exchanged . |
| 22 | ‘ Although only heaven or more probably hell knows why I must , ’ he murmured unevenly , apparently as an addendum to the words that had been dragged from him just before he kissed her . |
| 23 | She brushed away the dullness that settled itself on her whenever she thought too hard about his death , about the way he had chosen to live parts of his life , the worries that had been there within her , deep below the surface , and forced herself to concentrate on finding the right numbered exit to this magnificent part of Gloucestershire . |
| 24 | All the images that had been in Patrick 's mind while he drove up to the Barbican the previous morning formed again in his imagination . |
| 25 | The County Council dismissed the charges , saying both the Corporation and the IIRS were making routine checks on Raybestos Manhattan 's waste and there had never been evidence of asbestos in the consignments that had been checked . |
| 26 | About the life-matches that had been brewed here , come to life under this moon , and these rough-hewn walls . |
| 27 | Suppose , for example , that there was some fundamental change in the circumstances that had been the basis for the grant of the right to the third party , and that this change radically transformed the extent of the obligations of the parties . |
| 28 | 795 the matters that had been canvassed before the Judge should be considered by a jury , was rejected . |
| 29 | And yet , even as determination rose within her to right the wrongs that had been done her father and to make the name of Thomas Grenfell respected again in Swansea , she was trembling with fear . |
| 30 | ‘ Some of the lads had been feeling it and this gave them the chance to pay some of the bills that had been piling up . |