Example sentences of "paul [vb past] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | M-PEOPLE : ‘ Northern Soul ’ re-promoted debut from Mike Pickering and Paul Heard 's disco tinged house outfit , including the hit singles |
| 2 | It turned out Paul had been wrong . |
| 3 | St Paul had been sent to Rome a prisoner , and suffered eventual execution . |
| 4 | Someone came to tell her that her twelve-year-old son Paul had been knocked down by a car on the way home from a friend 's house and taken to the local hospital . |
| 5 | Fiona & Paul had been together for six years before deciding to tie the knot . |
| 6 | From there we had to shuffle down the underground to Davenports Magic Shop , where Paul had been lured in order to buy an ancient Chinese trick , hence the coolie gear . |
| 7 | ‘ You will be Church of England , ’ said Willie Hamilton , as though Paul had been another species . |
| 8 | It had come her way because , leaving them in charge of Mrs Gracie , Dinah had gone for diversion to what she expected to be a dull sewing-meeting in the Islington church where she and Paul had been married . |
| 9 | Paul had been brought up by his mother with whom he had lived in a flat behind Broadcasting House . |
| 10 | Paul had been a real find so far , and she knew it would do his professional standing a lot of good if he could design the whole hotel complex . |
| 11 | And then Paul ; Paul had been constantly in trouble , ever since his conversion on the Damascus road . |
| 12 | When God blessed them , then they shared their blessing with others ; Paul had been a recipient of that sharing . |
| 13 | Paul had been placed next to her , and when she looked across the table she caught Nicholas ' eye with its suggestion of complicity . |
| 14 | Paul had been one of her chums on the team , and she knew she could depend on him to get her work independently analysed by another department — at least she hoped she could , because he seemed to think Jason had simply made a mistake . |
| 15 | Paul had been quite categorical about Mark and Babur both being mad keen for Disneyland . |
| 16 | To everybody , I walked round the site with Paul and and Stuart last Friday because Paul had been whingeing to me about erm twenty five K G palletizing and the fact that they were n't they were n't properly packed as it were . |
| 17 | Paul had been good company . |
| 18 | Paul had been quite wrong to call Michele cold and unfeeling . |