Example sentences of "[coord] had [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted desperately to forget himself and who he was , or had hoped to be ; now , there was little hope , for the money he had carefully set aside for his expected purposes would not last for another year , and he had no employment . |
| 2 | The fact that Mains realised his image was changing , or had needed to be changed , will become a key part of Mains ' progress in the hottest seat in New Zealand rugby . |
| 3 | It was asked , since the testator had in a general clause charged a trust relating to all dispositions on whoever should be his heir , to pay whatever legacies he had left or had ordered to be paid or done , whether , when Seia made over the three-quarters of the estate , she should vindicate the gardens in full . |
| 4 | Autocratic , powerful and ambitious , he had long been jealous of the Emperor and had aspired to be made a Negus . |
| 5 | Francis was a close friend of Jacqueline Hill 's husband , Producer/Director Alvin Rakoff , and had asked to be kept in mind for a part almost from Doctor Who 's beginning . |
| 6 | In many of the above examples the claim was that a third party had become bound by the treaty in whole or in part , and had ceased to be a third party . |
| 7 | In the space of a few years the word ‘ hooligan ’ had outstripped its humble local origins and its specific reference to London gang life ( it had also begun to lose its capital ‘ H ’ ) and had come to be understood and feared as a much more general affliction among the nation 's youth . |
| 8 | He had hung the battered sword over the spice cupboard in Lucille 's kitchen , and had claimed to be glad that he would never again have to draw the war-dulled blade from its metal scabbard . |
| 9 | Once again , even if the main points at issue had been side-stepped , the two countries were at peace , and had agreed to be so for a whole generation . |
| 10 | She had swooned in the main hall and had needed to be helped to the headmaster 's office and given water to drink and a damp cloth to cool her brow . |
| 11 | Yugoslavia would remain official chair , but had asked to be relieved of its practical duties in view of the civil war . |
| 12 | It was reported on April 9 that he had submitted hair and blood samples for police forensic tests , but had refused to be questioned . |