Example sentences of "had [pers pn] [adv] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had I still been suspicious of a haemorrhage I would have sent him to Edinburgh for a brain scan . ’ |
| 2 | Had I ever been in love ? |
| 3 | Had she somehow been drugged ? |
| 4 | Had he singled her out or had she simply been the unfortunate rider nearest to him ? |
| 5 | Was she a rare and special creature , some fabulous beauty , of whom Jeopardy had been fond , or had she simply been a vessel for his seed ? |
| 6 | What had she secretly been yearning to hear him say ? |
| 7 | In no way had she ever been prepared for the life she was now expected to lead and Charles had some difficulty in understanding her feelings . |
| 8 | Ellie was now eighteen years old , and in all those years she had never travelled in a taxi-cab , nor had she ever been into the heart of Boston . |
| 9 | Had she ever been so tired in her life before ? |
| 10 | She was not frigid , but nor had she ever been a slave to purely carnal temptations ; because she had always placed a higher value on mental and emotional stimulation than on physical . |
| 11 | Had she really been sent to him by the spirit of True Valiance himself , to test his chivalry and honour ? |
| 12 | Had she really been so innocent that she 'd forgotten how passionately he could kiss ? |
| 13 | It had been so vivid it seemed real , yet had she really been idiot enough to set out on a rough sea in a mere dinghy ? |
| 14 | He said it warmly and gently , and at this Lydia was surprised since she had thought her remarks somewhat offensive and would not have made them had she still been in love with Finn and desirous of his good opinion . |
| 15 | Or had she only been cold because she 'd known of her husband 's friendship with a beautiful young Irish girl ? |
| 16 | ‘ And apart from Barbra arriving late — which she would n't have done had she only been given one hairdresser instead of three , because all three insisted on fixing her hair , and that took time — everything went smoothly . ’ |
| 17 | Or had she perhaps been pecked to death ? |
| 18 | Had you best be the one to break it to Ma ? |
| 19 | Now before we come to the matter that the jury in this case , could you tell me had you ever been to the estate ? |
| 20 | A and h had you ever been there to conduct any surveillance operations ? |
| 21 | Had they now been alone , she would have welcomed the situation . |
| 22 | These men — these Europeans -were not Han , nor had they ever been Han . |
| 23 | ( c ) If the death takes place after the passing of the Finance Act , 1975 , but within seven years of the advance or determination , then in ascertaining for the purposes of CTT the value of the deceased 's estate immediately before his death there is to be included the value of any property which would have been chargeable with estate duty had Section 2 ( 1 ) ( b ) ( i ) of the Finance Act , 1894 , still been in force ( ie , after the application of any taper relief ) , unless the deceased was the surviving partner of a marriage which had been terminated by the death of the other spouse before 13/11/74 and the exempting provisions of Section 5 ( 2 ) of that Act would have applied had they still been in force ; and the persons accountable for the tax are those who would have been accountable under Section 44 of the Finance Act , 1950 , for any estate duty that would have been chargeable . |
| 24 | Had he also been so serious already at that time ? |
| 25 | Lying there at seven o'clock in the morning , suddenly wide awake , as was her manner , it seemed to her quite obvious that she and Charles should get divorced : it had surely long been inevitable , and if Charles really wanted to marry that woman ( or had he perhaps been joking ? — no , perhaps not ) , well then , let him . |
| 26 | But had he really been ill or had he been shamming , crafty sick to give himself extra time in Leeds ? |
| 27 | What had he really been saying as they sat among the trees ? |
| 28 | Had he really been at the same school as Edward ? |
| 29 | Nor had he ever been offered a wild card at the Hot Tuna in Newquay , the only World Tour contest to be held in the UK . |
| 30 | Had he ever been to the Foinmen before ? |