Example sentences of "had [be] [vb pp] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two groups on the four- and five-year study programme had been denied any science education at all in pre-independence Namibia . |
| 2 | Twenty one years earlier , Franco had been denied this decoration . |
| 3 | Eventually , after the subject had been raised many times by the Inspector , the CEGB gave in and agreed to produce the figures ‘ without prejudice , to its main argument . |
| 4 | In the period before 1910 about 85,000 new houses had been built each year , but after the introduction of Land Values Duties the building rate fell sharply . |
| 5 | Mr Stuart-Moore said the notebook containing the master plan had been written some time before and some details had been altered . |
| 6 | It was from Camilla Parker-Bowles and had been written several days before the engagement was officially announced . |
| 7 | The Yorkshire Television switchboard in Leeds with its myriad lines had been jammed all day with calls about Hannah . |
| 8 | By its appearance it had been cooked several days ago . |
| 9 | Michael had been sent this manuscript by another of his clients , the writer and broadcaster Bryan Magee , who also happened to be Cooper 's MP . |
| 10 | In 1988 , the Sunday Times Insight team had been sent this dossier , read it and chose not to rely on it . |
| 11 | The teacher had been sent some worksheets to try out . |
| 12 | A British team managed to reach one that , although it had been hooked several hours before , was still just living when its captor got it ashore . |
| 13 | A post mortem showed 80year-old Mr Goult , known as ‘ Old Jack ’ , had been stabbed many times in the chest at his home in Woolfall Heath Avenue , Huyton , Liverpool . |
| 14 | She had been stabbed several times . |
| 15 | He had been christened that morning and died the same afternoon . |
| 16 | This approach would have involved solving problems and duplicating work which in all probability had been done many times before in other organizations . |
| 17 | The splendid and spirited pictures in the early printed herbals had been done this way , but as increasingly detailed and accurate illustrations were demanded , plates etched or engraved on copper became the norm . |
| 18 | Her tone betrayed the fact that she had been keyed up about it ever since the procedure had been done this morning at the obstetrician 's consulting-rooms , and Belinda hoped Faye had been keeping careful tabs on her blood-sugar level in case it was being affected by her mood . |
| 19 | Dinner had been strained that evening . |
| 20 | Dr Nakajima , accompanied on his tour by Dr Jo Asvall , head of WHO 's European regional office in Copenhagen , said that he had been asked several times if Yugoslav funds frozen in the US and other countries could not be used for purchase of medical supplies . |
| 21 | There was an area of bruising below the right eye but , although it was recent , Wycliffe felt sure that it had been inflicted some time before death — probably the day before . |
| 22 | Over the mince pies and wine we learned that the Bala band had been formed many years before and had faithful musicians and followers . |
| 23 | For Carolina in Brazil the non-controversial fiction film was likewise the only option left if she wanted to go on working at all : she had been jailed several times for the making of political films . |
| 24 | A letter to a Front soldier from a citizen of Görlitz in late June or early July 1940 undoubtedly spoke for many in stating that , following the ‘ unimaginably great ’ events which had been seen each week in the newsreels , ‘ we will never be able to thank the Führer and brave army enough for sparing us at home the horrors of war ’ , and that an ‘ immensely great ’ future awaited Germany ‘ in the construction of Europe after the final victory ’ . |
| 25 | Nevertheless he shot the ‘ Singapore Tiger ’ , an arrogant character who had been seen several times before and was strutting ahead of his large patrol when the Corporal 's bullet killed him . |
| 26 | Belinda nodded , knowing by this time that Faye had been hospitalised several times for keto-acidosis and other diabetes-related problems brought on largely by her former wildly fluctuating blood-sugar levels . |
| 27 | The hypothesis of the asylum founders , that cure could be achieved through placement in a segregated and controlled environment , had been nullified many years before . |
| 28 | The men had been gone several weeks , and when we appeared on the beach , the bear was probably expecting us to produce food . |
| 29 | They had been seated each side of the blazing fire in the drawing-room , but now Martin had sprung to his feet , his voice raised as he repeated , ‘ Done for me ! |
| 30 | After warning had been given that poll-tax bills will average £400 ( $780 ) in April , Westminster council announced that residents will have to pay only £176 , down £19 on last year . |