Example sentences of "and had [pron] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , that in a sense , would have fitted much much better into the Playhouse , and had we been open at that stage , there 's a jolly good chance that that show would have actually come to us rather than going there . |
| 2 | Secondly , the reformed monasteries of the tenth century were of necessity largely aristocratic in composition , and had they been perceived to have no function in aristocratic society , they could not have been as successful as they were . |
| 3 | Michael Marron had a record of assaulting young boys and had himself been abused as a child . |
| 4 | Sentencing Cardow , Lord Abernethy said the accused had not started the trouble and had himself been injured . |
| 5 | Two of the three moved off as he arrived , with unconvincing references to waiting papers , but Bruce Davidson stood his ground , enquiring heartily how Francesca was and had she been helpful ? |
| 6 | And had he been almost anyone else , that 's how the day might have ended because anyone else would n't have mattered . |
| 7 | Making a name for himself as a boxer in the army had come easy to him , and had it been peace time he could probably have gone a long way in the sport . |
| 8 | Had a case of a claim by a child for damages for pre-natal injury come before the English courts in the period from 1972 to the enactment of the Act of 1976 , and had it been as well argued as the present cases have been in this court , I have no doubt that the English court would have been referred to Watt v. Rama [ 1972 ] V.R. 353 and Duval v. Seguin , 26 D.L.R. ( 3d ) 418 and would have preferred the views there expressed to Walker v. Great Northern Railway . |
| 9 | Crossing again to the fireplace , I gazed at it with awe , and had I been of a religious bent I would have fallen on my knees and prayed that the water would meet Nigel 's requirements so that on winter evenings , when we were doing our Darby and Joan bit , we could sit and worship the spirit of the fire , the hearth , the very essence of our home . |
| 10 | Had BR had more time and more funding , had the government been more sympathetic towards the railway investment and had there been no recession , the APT might have eventually been successful — but that is another story . |
| 11 | The attitudes of the different students interested Paul ; he was popular among them as a tutor , and had there been women among them , might well have become interested in one of these . |
| 12 | There certainly was n't time for thought just now , and had there been I 'd probably have been sick . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ And had there been ? ’ |
| 14 | And had there been any real need to send the child away to her bridal so soon ? |
| 15 | In the Commons , Sir Thomas Clarges moved that " a standing Army is destructive to the Country " , whilst his fellow Tory , Edward Seymour , declared that " the safety of the Kingdom doth not consist with a standing force " , adding ( in a way which anticipated Tory arguments used after 1689 ) that " all the profit and security of this Nation is in our Ships , and had there been the least ship in the Channel " , Monmouth could never have landed . |
| 16 | But Coun Wigley said he was in contact with a lot of local people and had there been such an incident he would have heard . |