Example sentences of "the [noun sg] had be in " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The base had been in line for the axe under the Options for Change review of the Services but was saved because the cost of relocation exceeded the saving . |
| 2 | Subjects were told that after they had heard the passage one sentence from it would be repeated , either exactly , or with some small change , and that their task was to say whether the sentence had been in the passage or not . |
| 3 | Though the brand had been in the market since before the war , it had a very small market share . |
| 4 | It appears that the case had been in progress before the Heliopolitan Divine Council for eighty years and the gods were understandably becoming impatient and short-tempered , yet they seemed unable to decide upon a judgement . |
| 5 | The cabin had been in darkness , and she had been alone . |
| 6 | Forces opposed to the President had been in control of much of the country for several months [ see pp. 37702-03 ; 37767-68 ; 37844-45 ] , with the central government 's authority largely confined to the area around the capital . |
| 7 | how useful the review had been in producing proposals for institutional c change . |
| 8 | ‘ I was angry and upset to read that somebody connected with the club had been in contact with Steve Coppell . |
| 9 | Crosby blew his top after learning of the Coppell link and said yesterday : ‘ I was angry and upset to read somebody connected with the club had been in contact with Steve Coppell . |
| 10 | The Archdeacon did not , diplomatically , point out that the Bishop had not consulted Lord Dersingham when the living had been in his gift . |
| 11 | Within the German Social Democratic Party the issue had been in dispute for some time . |
| 12 | ‘ Stand ’ is proved by the observations of the officer concerned and although it is not necessary to prove the vehicle had been in the offending position for a particular period of time the court may find it helpful if the officer could give evidence , ‘ The vehicle was parked on Bradford Road from 20.00 hours to 21.00 hours etc . ’ |
| 13 | A report by Helmut Schlesinger made public on Sept. 30 indicated that the greater part of the DM44,000 million of " compulsory DM sales " by the Bundesbank in the week when the pound and the lira withdrew from the ERM had been in support of sterling ( this figure apparently excluding operations conducted on Sept. 22-23 when the franc was under particular pressure — see below ) . |
| 14 | The Cooperative had been in severe financial difficulties for several years and in 1981 , after its own bank had withdrawn its support , it turned for help to the Canadian Cooperative Credit Society . |
| 15 | The Constable had been in the Force since 1924 and had an excellent character [ and ] served in the trenches at the age of fifteen and a half . |
| 16 | The boy had been in his tutelage now for two and a half years , closer far to him than to his own Lancaster kin . |
| 17 | If one looks at the figures presented at Budget time for the previous financial year , for the financial year 1967/1968 , it is pretty clear in broad terms on what scale the process had been in operation . |
| 18 | ‘ If the business had been in good heart it would have cost you a great deal more . |
| 19 | Last night Chief Insp Bryan Lowrie said it did not appear the body had been in the graveyard for any length of time and certainly no longer than a week . |
| 20 | Last night Chief Insp Bryan Lowrie said it did not appear the body had been in the graveyard for any length of time and certainly no longer than a week . |
| 21 | The site had been in the ownership of the local authority since 1901 , but after clearance it was largely empty . |
| 22 | Long ago , thousands of years ago perhaps , a rune had been carved in the centre of the broad flat stone , and the faint marks which still remained indicated that the rune had been in the shape the shadows of the Foinmen made at sunset . |
| 23 | The Garlands , and their shop with the rooms over , were out of period , relics of a time when the business and management of the town had been in the hands of a few prosperous traders . |
| 24 | Since the news had spread about him working on the case , the whole of the station had been in a state of excitement . |
| 25 | If on the other hand the latest version of the module had been in state 15 ( above the state inheritance boundary ) then a new unapproved version of the module would not inherit state and would enter state 10 ( the inheritance boundary ) . |
| 26 | The idea of garden festivals was imported from Europe , particularly West Germany , where the concept had been in operation since 1945 . |
| 27 | Until now the Magistrate had been in the position of a scientist who has made a discovery which he knows to be true but is unable to prove . |
| 28 | Fourteen per cent of the sample had been in a mental hospital at some point . |
| 29 | However , after the Commissioner had been in office for a mere three months the Government introduced a Green Paper which proposed to extend her powers significantly , and under the Employment Act 1990 , section 10 , she was given power to assist members in enforcement of their common law contractual rights against the union . |
| 30 | The title had been in her family for generations , and her family appealed against the early Middle Ages ruling which bans women from being Freemen . |