Example sentences of "the [noun pl] had be put " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sefton Council prosecutor Robin Thomaides told South Sefton court : ‘ The signs had been put up without planning permission and were clearly visible to passing motorists . ’ |
| 2 | Whether the pups had been put there in the hope they would be cared for , or just dumped , is not exactly known . |
| 3 | The trestles had been put up and were covered with white tablecloths of American oilcloth . |
| 4 | The original bothy had now become a long low front room , with settees and coffee tables , and the beds had been put in the annexe . |
| 5 | They said he answered some of their questions sarcastically and spoke in Russian , even though he is bilingual and the questions had been put to him in Moldavian . |
| 6 | He could see men coming away now , too , from where the ships had been put : the first job , and the heaviest he had shared with his father . |
| 7 | No food had got through and the men had been put on half-rations . |
| 8 | The voters had been put under ‘ enormous pressure ’ by politicians , the media and the business community , and they would regret yielding to their advice . |
| 9 | And he asked them what it was the Myrcans had been put on the earth to do , and they laughed . |
| 10 | And finally , only a year or so later , turned them out of house and home — put them on the street , as women who failed to be properly grateful to the fathers had been put for centuries . |
| 11 | Nationalisation was not new to France — the railways had been put into State ownership in 1937 — but support for economic planning had grown during the war as a way towards national renewal , greater investment and improved working conditions , and also as a way to punish businessmen who had collaborated with the Nazis . |