Example sentences of "[ex0] had be [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently there had been yet another terrible scene when the old Doctor , his wits once more restored by salt and water , had discovered that he had again been disobeyed . |
| 2 | There had been so much to admire in Ewan , even though he 'd been so self-centred . |
| 3 | There had been so much blood , but … |
| 4 | There had been so much misfortune that to endure any more would be as a dumb beast might endure it ; and what would become of Dinah and the child ? |
| 5 | Besides , there had been so much in the Exhibition that might be clearly seen as innocuous , if not actually beneficial to God 's cause . |
| 6 | That night by the river there had been so much blood … |
| 7 | There had been so much power in the electricity of that lightning . |
| 8 | There had been so much else to do : such as leaving a brief note for Julie , and also contacting her office to explain the problem and that she 'd be in touch with them as soon as possible . |
| 9 | There had been so much to see and she 'd ached for Fernando to be beside her to show her everything . |
| 10 | And there had been so much coverage , a retrial would have been impossible . |
| 11 | There had been so many meetings ; 80 a day , someone had told him . |
| 12 | There had been so many pieces of paper ; 50 million at least , someone else had told him , generated during his eight years as President . |
| 13 | He was consumed by indignation that there had been so many attempts to swindle his country in its attempts to gain arms to protect itself from the aggression of Iraq . |
| 14 | There had been so many secrets . |
| 15 | It was n't worth asking of what kind ; there had been so many beginnings . |
| 16 | During the short time their marriage had lasted , there had been so many times when she had given in to Julius 's forceful demands , just to keep the peace . |
| 17 | ‘ Our last two albums for them , ‘ Peace In Our Time ’ and ‘ No Place Like Home ’ , were stodgy affairs , and there had been so many hassles . |
| 18 | It is important to be clear then about our reasons for feeling that we had to explain why women have come so far rather than explaining why there had been so few gains . |
| 19 | When she had been little , once Fenna had taught her how to fly so that she no longer went wandering off , there had been very little time when she had been left alone . |
| 20 | When I arrived back I found that there had been very little press coverage and quite a lot of disbelief . |
| 21 | And in times when there had been very little money , it had kept them going , Jasper and her , for months . |
| 22 | The ceiling and the walls in places were badly scorched , but structurally there had been very little damage and , luckily , the fire had been brought under control before it had had time to spread to other parts of the building . |
| 23 | Before agreement was reached to establish the SEM by the end of 1992 , there had been very little progress towards establishing the Common Market . |
| 24 | As a result there had been very few scientific studies which would make their case harder to win , he said . |
| 25 | If there had been very few cases , the crime would not have had much importance . |
| 26 | There had been very few patients . |
| 27 | From the beginning of the seventeenth century to the beginning of the nineteenth there had been relatively little change in the age-distribution of the population . |
| 28 | While they had been there the previous year there had been hardly any visitors . |
| 29 | Here , in the region , there had been as much talk of Stokoe 's stars in the Wembley build up as there had been of the side Malcolm Crosby led out against Liverpool . |
| 30 | I said that there had been substantially more submissions than the number he gave . |