Example sentences of "since [pron] had not be " in BNC.

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1 I was not given the run of the pavillon and I took it that , since I had not been extended this facility , I was not welcome to it .
2 Since you had not been here for a fortnight , ’ he said , ‘ I assumed that you had completed your enquiries . ’
3 Betty , who clearly had not washed , since she had not been down to the stream and there was no water in the cottage , padded about in her dressing-gown and slippers offering to slice the bread for breakfast .
4 Since she had not been a UK resident for longer than 3 yrs , you had kindly found a policy which charged ‘ only' £14 extra .
5 The drivers sought a declaration that the ban was invalid arguing , inter alia , that the ban was in breach of natural justice , since they had not been given an opportunity to make representations before the ban was imposed .
6 Conversation with Alexei had been limited for the past day to standard matters of duty , and since he had not been able to think of anything which he could say to change his son 's attitude , he had allowed himself to accept that the state of affairs which existed between them was likely to be permanent .
7 Since he had not been a public figure before the war , the mass of French people had no idea what he looked like .
8 On appeal by the defendants , the Court of Appeal allowed the appeal and discharged the injunction , holding that as a matter of domestic law there was no justification for extending to local authorities bringing proceedings under section 222 of the Act of 1972 to enforce the criminal law the privilege enjoyed by the Crown alone of being granted an interlocutory injunction without giving a cross-undertaking as to damages ; and that since it had not been established that the defendants had no defence under article 30 of the E.E.C .
9 Mr. Lightheart reported that since it had not been authorised or erected by council authorities they were unwilling to pay for the fence .
10 But the Dallam trousseau had brought her no further orders but the brown satin dress which , since it had not been worn yet in Frizingley or anywhere else , had given no one the opportunity to enquire the name of its maker .
11 Mr. Lightheart reported that since it had not been authorised or erected by council authorities they were unwilling to pay for the fence .
12 Since it had not been set aside before the pawnbroker took the ring , the pawnbroker acquired good title to the ring .
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