Example sentences of "had [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had hated the pity she thought that she saw in her mama and papa 's eyes , and when her papa had suggested that she might like to spend a year in London with her Uncle Orrin , be presented at court , meet his old friend the Prince of Wales , now King Edward VII , again , she had agreed with alacrity — she , who had hated being parted from her mama and papa . |
| 2 | The market gap which Lowe had guessed was there was bigger than he had expected . |
| 3 | the so-called ‘ defense line ’ to which the Ambassador had referred was in actuality merely an enumeration of those sectors in the western Pacific in which the United States held firm military commitments : i.e. our responsibilities as an occupying Power in Japan , our special interest in the Philippines as a former part of United States territory etc . |
| 4 | The picture he had painted was so vivid that once again she felt as if she were about to be sick . |
| 5 | She laughed a little nervously , unable to help noticing out of the corner of her eye that the little crowd which had gathered was melting rapidly away now that official help had arrived . |
| 6 | Although well equipped , he had intended being on the mountain for just one day , and had taken only a packed lunch , water , and some chocolate with him . |
| 7 | Yet , as it happened , he was registering well above par that evening , for three of the four ideas he had formulated were finally to prove wholly correct . |
| 8 | She did n't have to like it , any more than she had to like being Vanessa Vail , but there was no way she could evade the responsibility without racking up a seed of guilt that would sprout and eat at her Dreams . |
| 9 | During the final years of Elizabeth 's reign , the unique form of Protestant church she had erected was given a more distinct theoretical and philosophical identity in the writings of Richard Hooker , an Oxford academic and master of the Temple church in London . |
| 10 | The problem had arisen because the first plan used had a river running through the property — what no-one had realised was that the course of the river had changed , leaving a piece of land unconveyed . |
| 11 | A mirror image of the way their marriage had developed was captured in that typically frightening Nicholson scene in The Shining in 1980 . |
| 12 | Perhaps more significantly I was to find out that many Heads and teachers alike believed in the importance of creative experience for children , and so the way schools had developed was genuine , well founded and not a half-baked ill-digested educational " gimmick " . |
| 13 | The only monoplane I had flown was a few hours in the 3 A.A.C.U. Magister . |
| 14 | The story I had heard was that , instead of John Philip Sousa being the great all-American bandmaster he was really an Englishman , born in Gosport , Hants . |
| 15 | In a rage of despair , Nicholas flung open the doors to the street and he was there , running towards him , and the clamour he had heard was real , and louder than he would have thought possible . |
| 16 | Meehan lost no time in seeking him out and asking him if what he had heard was true . |
| 17 | ‘ But afterwards , I found that the noise that I had heard was the springing of rivets . |
| 18 | This is my second letter and it serves notice that should it provoke no reply it will be followed to Keswick by its author , bent on meeting his old and gallant friend Colonel Hope , who he had heard was passing through those parts for a short while to expedite some business before moving on to another country . ’ |
| 19 | What I had heard was ‘ I 'm sure it will be alright , dear ! ’ from almost all the mothers I met . |
| 20 | In the confession box , Father Frank Martin waited until the sister whose confession he had heard was gone . |
| 21 | The Eastern problem and the emotions it had aroused were still with us . |
| 22 | Melissa made herself sound casual but the curiosity that Lou 's call had aroused was breaking through her lethargy . |
| 23 | The only payment she had received was from Charles Briant who had given her a generous bonus for her extra work on his boots . |
| 24 | The parcel which Mike had received was a perfect target . |
| 25 | Whatever was behind the insidious threats she had received was something she had to work out for herself . |
| 26 | Neil Cochrane 's mouth tightened when for the first time Sally-Anne saw his face plain , and reacted by controlling her own , so that the shock which she had received was only momentarily shown . |
| 27 | The Cranwell tennis coaching I had received was paying off and my rugger was improving . |
| 28 | The difficulties against which the ‘ fathers of history ’ , Herodotus and Thucydides , had to contend were formidable . |
| 29 | A further hazard with which seafarers had to contend was mines . |
| 30 | The ones who had stopped were looking over their shoulders at a cordon of men drifting in twos and threes out of the side streets and doorways and converging on the play . |