Example sentences of "had be [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Party for National Independence , Istiklal , held its constituent congress on July 3-4 and elected as its chair Etibar Mamedov , who had been its candidate in the presidential elections . |
| 2 | Who had been its head ? |
| 3 | She who had been its suitcase . |
| 4 | The only member of the former Board of Guardians to have been appointed to the committee was William Lansberry , who had been its chairman , and he was immediately put on a sub-committee to appoint a Public Assistance Officer . |
| 5 | One of reasons for the survival of the S&C into the 1980s had been its ability to handle diverted WCML trains ; this continued despite withdrawal of Intercity services in the winter 1982–3 timetable . |
| 6 | The key to Israel 's success , and to a lesser extent Syria 's , had been its ability to prey on the strategic anxieties of its superpower patron . |
| 7 | One of poor Dowd 's last tasks had been its pressing . |
| 8 | If there had been its time had passed . |
| 9 | The accord 's most controversial element had been its attempt to induce Quebec to sign the 1982 federal Constitution in return for the recognition of the predominantly French-speaking province as a " distinct society " . |
| 10 | For centuries one of the most telling criticisms of Nonconformity had been its penchant towards disintegration , what Edmund Burke called ‘ the dissidence of dissent ’ . |
| 11 | Dalgliesh had never asked her why she had moved to Norfolk but he guessed that the mill 's main attraction had been its remoteness , its closeness to notable bird sanctuaries and the impressive view of headland , sky and sea from the top storey . |
| 12 | Anne pushed the thing that had been her sister away . |
| 13 | ‘ We must keep alive the sacred flame , ’ had been her message . |
| 14 | But it had been her choice . |
| 15 | He thought that McAllister had been oddly subdued on the walk home , and had surreptitiously admired her face — even more beautiful , he thought , when pensive , even though in her early days at Vetch Street it had been her animation which he had admired . |
| 16 | She was able to care for him for two months in the small cottage which had been her parent 's retirement home . |
| 17 | It had been her cousin 's whole-hearted approval — and her joy at the thought of her children returning to the old family home — that had given Laura the courage to leave her mother-in-law 's house in Knightsbridge . |
| 18 | However he , with his determined hands and determined nose , had been her way in . |
| 19 | These had been her favourites when she was little but had not of ten been allowed because the sauce oozed out the sides and made a mess of your clothes . |
| 20 | ‘ But by then I had been her slave nearly all my life and I had n't the courage or the guts to say no . |
| 21 | She cried to Beuno that it had been her doll when she was a little girl and she had loved it , and he took the spade , and dug a hole , and buried it . |
| 22 | It was as if he had been her protector , instead of the very opposite … |
| 23 | And there had been her materials . |
| 24 | A rum evolution , Alix had often thought , though it had not seemed strange at the time : what had then seemed strange , in her girlhood , had been her parents ' quaint socialist ideals , which had caused her such embarrassment , and , partly because of that embarrassment , had inspired in her such undeviating loyalty . |
| 25 | It had been her parents ' eighteenth birthday present to her . |
| 26 | For all this time the bedstead had been her throne . |
| 27 | Irene had been her friend . |
| 28 | She had a soft spot for Benedict , and his mother had been her friend . |
| 29 | The plaintiff could not sue in contract because she was not a party to the contract ; it had been her friend who had bought the drink . |
| 30 | Tonight it had been her turn to give way , but agreeing to spend an hour in the Clarence with Colin and Yvonne did n't extend to any pretence that she actually enjoyed their company . |