Example sentences of "had be [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The table had been sent out to be sprayed lacquered . |
| 2 | When the Countess tried to calm her , explaining the picture had been sent off to be cleaned , Diana refused to believe her . |
| 3 | The ex MFV had been fitted out to be self sufficient in every way , with the latest navigational aids , long range fuel and water tanks and a very comprehensively fitted out workshop on board for mechanical and other repairs . |
| 4 | Even with them pleine-airsme was not quite what it had been made out to be . |
| 5 | After the return to civilian rule , the newly formed state radio corporations , which had been set up to be independent of Federal Government authority , were immediately subjected to local political control . |
| 6 | I had been brought up to be a hero . |
| 7 | She had been brought up to be thrifty and careful . |