Example sentences of "evening [pers pn] had be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although in law a female fiancée can enter Britain quite freely ( without an entry certificate ) she had been held up , questioned again and again , and late in the evening she had been given a sexual examination by officials who she thought might be doctors . |
| 2 | Earlier that evening she had been recognized as Lily Greene by some people staying at Cannes , to whom Lionel was slightly known . |
| 3 | On the previous evening she had been told by her MP , Sir Ralph Grunte , that she reminded him of ‘ the young Alma Cogan ’ , but she had no idea who Alma Cogan was . |
| 4 | Later that evening they had been sitting in a restaurant and Maggie had looked at Tom and said , her delicate face and long neck almost visibly aquiver with pleasure , |
| 5 | On the same evening he had been admitted to hospital with heart trouble , but although his condition was reported to be good the next day , he did not withdraw his candidacy . |
| 6 | Normally the building was the repair shop and garage for thirty AMX-10 battle tanks , but for this evening it had been converted into a temporary church with the aid of some camouflage nets , 300 chairs and a platform where a nativity play would be staged , and from which the Priest would read out the lesson . |