Example sentences of "who had be [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This fuelled rumours that the murder was the work of the anti-Semitic Russian nationalist group Pamyat , from which Fr Men ( who had been born a Jew ) reportedly had received threatening letters . |
| 2 | Judge Gerhard A. Gesell ruled that Hopkins , who had been denied a partnership in 1982 because her colleagues considered her to be too " macho " , had been the victim of illegal " sex stereotyping " . |
| 3 | Nuala positively glowed , and for a few moments she looked like a child who had been given a present . |
| 4 | I have had difficult cases , like the woman who had been given a Caesarean operation : giving birth after that kind of operation is very delicate , but it turned out all right . |
| 5 | In Malette v. Shulman , 67 D.L.R. ( 4th ) 321 a Canadian court upheld an award of $20,000 to a patient who had been given a blood transfusion in order to save her life but against her known wishes . |
| 6 | Our neighbour , who had been given a key to check on our house while we had been away , had thoughtfully lit a fire to welcome us home . |
| 7 | David , who had been given a piece of her mind , returned sadly to a state of detumescence and made do with David Attenborough who at least was living vicariously . |
| 8 | The young man who had peered over the rampart to see this extraordinary collection of scarecrows was known to more than one of the garrison of Krishnapur , for he was none other than that Lieutenant Stapleton who had danced so often with Louise in Calcutta the previous cold season and who had been given a lock of blonde curls as a keepsake ; he had made a point of wearing this lock of hair next to the rather wispy blond hair that grew on his own chest . |
| 9 | After six months Miloš made a ceremonial entry into Belgrade to parley with the newly appointed Turkish governor , Marasli , who had been given a mandate by the sultan to make concessions in order to pacify the Serbs . |
| 10 | As they approached the village , Mungo felt a little like a prisoner who had been given a taste of freedom . |
| 11 | However , the body of the report was accepted by the Americans , who if they needed any further confirmation were given it in the form of a 72 per cent failure rate among recently qualified army medical officers who had been given a questionnaire on the venereal diseases and their control . |
| 12 | For the Prime Minister , who had been thought a prisoner of factional forces inside and outside his party , the mufti 's appointment was a resounding declaration of independence . |
| 13 | ( One of the very few to leave for other employment was Emily Picken , who had been offered a post as matron of a children 's home . |