Example sentences of "that their [noun sg] had be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they added that in spite of their own reservations about the use of pre-registration house officers , ‘ the Scottish Office told us that their approach had been to enable as many rural hospitals to provide accident and emergency departments as it was feasible , practicable and safe to do so . ’ |
| 2 | Unilateralists felt that their case had been made for them ; and they became more determined than ever to get rid of nuclear weapons altogether . |
| 3 | Almost all freeholders would have taken strong exception to the suggestion that their support had been purchased , and this was as true of those gentlemen who had recently obtained posts for themselves or their sons as it was for those who had been less fortunate . |
| 4 | On arrival , the various Commandos were billeted in camps along the Suez Canal and discovered that their mission had been overtaken by events . |
| 5 | When working for Reuters , a colleague revealed that their boss had been impressed by his hobby . |
| 6 | Simon was convinced , or persuaded himself , that he 'd been ill used by Constanza , that their marriage had been a mistake , a youthful mistake , the kind of thing one did in a war . |
| 7 | It appears that their marriage had been obsessional , passionate and stormy , their quarrels causing the neighbours to call the police . |
| 8 | There were accusations that their presence had been orchestrated using methods reminiscent of the Ceausescu regime , with factory NSF committees giving workers time off to participate in demonstrations , and transport being laid on to bring demonstrators from as far away as Constanţa , the Black Sea port around 200 km from Bucharest . |
| 9 | She maintained that both of them had been innocent and that their trial had been unjust [ see also pp. 36905 ; 36987 ] . |
| 10 | Millwall 's chagrin was heightened by the knowledge that their redoubt had been stormed by a full-back , Bowen 's 60th minute winner being a cold blooded execution from Robert Fleck 's spear of a short through-ball . |
| 11 | Louisa 's parents decided that their daughter had been murdered . |
| 12 | The spontaneity of the dancers ebbed away and they seemed almost shamefaced that their behaviour had been witnessed by their employers . |
| 13 | He 'd once mockingly said that their relationship had been written in the stars ; if it had been then she was going to have to find some way to unwrite it , fast ! |
| 14 | Milkman Phil Bridges could not understand why he was getting complaints from customers on his round in Ackworth , West Yorkshire , saying that their milk had been stolen . |
| 15 | It has even been known for a company to respond to a request for information six weeks after the initial query and then to complain that their product had been left out ! |
| 16 | Many practices realised that their marketing had been deficient or that they needed to know more about trends and opportunities . |
| 17 | The three individuals were all ‘ phoned by a sultry female voice informing them that their bid had been matched by another . |
| 18 | She claimed that their action had been ill-considered and ironic coming so soon after the launch of their customer service charter . |
| 19 | A further solicitor 's letter informed Brenda that the Sharmas believed Robbie to be their dog ( they claimed his fur had been dyed ! ) , and that their bitch had been exchanged with another before the inspection . |
| 20 | Towards the end of the journey the pilgrims discovered that their train had been shunted into a siding at a station in order to give precedence to the mail train : |
| 21 | Edward 's envoys told Philip III of France that their lord had been insulted and dishonoured by Gaston , but Edward had placed his trust in Philip and his court to redress his grievances . |
| 22 | SE claimed that the cylinders were for an Iraqi petrochemical project and that their export had been approved by the UK 's Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI ) . |
| 23 | Sixty per cent said that their opinion had been changed during the course of the evening ; this is certainly an indication that people respond to being involved in informed public discussion . |
| 24 | He recalled what he knew about them , that their father earned a precarious living as a painter whose innocuous , prettified watercolours were sold in cafés and tourist shops along the coast and that their mother had been desperately ill with cancer . |