Example sentences of "jack [vb past] be " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	Jack avoided being a witness to these scenes much of the time by residing in college .
2	He showed a setof perfect white teeth which no one there but Jack knew were false .
3	‘ Jack did be married , ’ said Damian .
4	Jack said was he really sorry , but he could n't do it .
5	And if Jack had been such another he would have thanked Charlie for his unstinted friendship , his generous loans , his hospitality and for bringing him Marilyn Thompson .
6	Jack had been sitting in the chair while Franca stood before him .
7	Then she pulled up to the table the kitchen chair upon which Jack had been sitting and sat down , placing her elbows on the table and her head in her hands .
8	Upstairs in the studio Ludens and Jack had been talking .
9	She and Jack had been swimming in the Thames near Twickenham .
10	Chapman was sure of his assessment , however ; and though James was just as fussy about the terms of his transfer as Jack had been , he found the bright lights of the big city too attractive a prospect to refuse Chapman 's offer .
11	Jack had been to tea at Tina 's house several times already and he rather liked the estate 's atmosphere , which was friendly and rackety , despite the fact that most of the inhabitants were out of work .
12	Jack had been adamant .
13	Jack had been his uncle 's heir .
14	Despite all the homilies from the PGA that professional golfers must help the sponsor in every way possible , especially by cooperating with the media and especially with television , Jack had been known to stride straight past a TV interviewer without a word .
15	Jack had been worried .
16	It was an unusually quiet night , and Jack had been called in earlier and had stayed not out of necessity but because , as he said , if he went home he would only be called out again .
17	He says Jack had been advised not to fly that day because of the mist .

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