Example sentences of "where it had be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The winds ( see pages 8/9 for greater detail ) were of such force to blow a Douglas DC-6 and incredible 1.5 miles away from where it had been tied down . |
| 2 | seriously though , you ca you could n't see where it had been shot . |
| 3 | But the convoy got stuck again a few miles out of Rogatica , where it had been blocked , by fallen timber thrown on the road , according to Commander Barry Frewer of the United Nations Protection Force ( Unprofor ) in Sarajevo . |
| 4 | I slit along the seam of the cardboard wrapper where it had been taped over . |
| 5 | Rebuilt to full flying condition began in 1987 when Nick Grace , of Spitfire ML407 fame , brought the Mk XI back from Holland , where it had been displayed since 1960 at Overloon . |
| 6 | He could taste the charred wood , the burned sap still in the air , sniff the sourness of the indigo where it had been trampled and soaked into the ground . |
| 7 | The offence was compounded when one Anthony Hurke released the animal from where it had been impounded and turned it back to the Down and was himself fined . |
| 8 | The pose is certainly borrowed from Egypt , where it had been used for male figures for centuries . |
| 9 | Tulipifera liriodendron ( i.e. Liriodendron tulipifera ) known in England as the tulip tree and as a ‘ poplar ’ by settlers in America , first flowered in this country in the Earl of Peterborough 's garden at Parsons Green where it had been planted , according to Miller , in a wilderness with other trees allowed to overhang it for protection . |
| 10 | The painting dates from around 1903–05 but was only rediscovered last year in New England , where it had been bought for $175 in 1905 when the artist made a trip abroad to find a new audience for his Nihonga work . |