Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [conj] have [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be fair enough for those people who retire at 60 or 65 , but consider those who were forced to take early retirement or who were sick and have now recovered . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ The gang were well-informed and had obviously done their homework . ’ |
| 3 | The record-keeping and office procedures implications of the Modular Course when it started in 1973 with an intake of 75 students were modest but have since grown with the Course . |
| 4 | He 'd just had a letter from Joan telling him she was pregnant and had already chosen the name Jasmine if the child was a girl . |
| 5 | ‘ We knew the water was dangerous and had only gone in to our knees . |
| 6 | The educational system had failed him — an education system that had relied largely upon on-the-job training and part-time or distance study was inadequate and had ineptly squandered the intellect of its candidates . |