Example sentences of "had [adv] be [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had only been in for a few nights after his first summer holiday in the five years I 'd owned him . |
| 2 | He had only been back for a few hours when company orders were posted showing that Colonel Hamilton wished to see Lance-Corporal Trumper at eleven hundred hours the following morning . |
| 3 | He had seen Frank 's mutilated back when they had both been down for screening , and had been deeply shocked . |
| 4 | She had clearly been out for the evening . |
| 5 | No , Lindsey told herself , as she showered and slipped into a warm towelling robe , it had actually been over for a long time . |