Example sentences of "had [adv] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In official talks begun on June 10 , however , the then Romanian Environment Minister Simion Hincu told his Bulgarian counterpart , Aleksandur Aleksandrov , that the offending factory had been closed in 1988 , and that atmospheric emissions had since been within permissible limits . |
| 2 | Among them were those who were convinced that he had secretly been in league with the employers . |
| 3 | ‘ My reasons for so soon destroying my drawings were these ; though I dare say that they do n't appear so rational to any one but myself : I was obliged to limit the work — in order to get more subscribers — & to erase the drawings — because the expense is considerable for keeping them on , & I have pretty great difficulty in paying my monthly charges , — for to pay colourer & printer monthly I am obstinately pre-possessed — since I had rather be at the bottom of the River Thames — than be one week in debt — be it never so small . |
| 4 | She certainly had not been able to learn to swim when the other children did ; in fact she had constantly been in trouble at school because she would invent any excuse to avoid even going near the swimming pool . |
| 5 | The coeliac patients were originally diagnosed according to the procedure recommended by the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition and had all been on a complete gluten free diet for at least five years and did not present symptoms indicative of active disease . |
| 6 | The remaining five had all been on suspension for about 12 months following an incident which resulted in police and internal disciplinary inquiries . |
| 7 | My mother and Marie Claire and Lili had all been at school together in Egypt . |
| 8 | The 12 member country heads of government attending the Maastricht meeting had all been at the Rome summit and at Luxembourg in June 1991 [ see pp. 38295-97 ] . |
| 9 | It had all been for nothing ; the fear , the guilt , the deaths … . |
| 10 | The mad drive up the M4 with pain like barbed hooks turning in his arm had all been for nothing . |
| 11 | All of her sweet , loving nature that she 'd turned in on herself , waiting for this one moment in her life , this moment of truth , and it had all been for nothing . |
| 12 | So it had all been for nothing ! |
| 13 | He said he had thought they had all been fighting on the German side because they had all been under a German commander when surrendering . |
| 14 | After a weekend of brooding silence and no service , Nigel began to think it had all been worth it . |
| 15 | Oh yes , it had all been worth it . |
| 16 | His dreams had all been about home . |
| 17 | The three women who were still alive after 10 years had all been in the therapy group . |
| 18 | We had all been in Hawaii with Youth With A Mission ( YWAM ) taking part in the Crossroads Discipleship Training School , YWAM 's basic entry course for full time workers . |
| 19 | The implication was that the slaughter had all been in vain . |
| 20 | They did not pause on her arrival , though Alix , ever polite , waved obliquely to welcome her back : watching them , it occurred to Liz that perhaps in all the years they had all known one another , this was one of the very few occasions on which they had all been in the same room . |
| 21 | The remainder had all been in favour of killing her . |
| 22 | But that had all been in the future that morning . |
| 23 | And she had n't got whatever it was he wanted , so it had all been in vain . |
| 24 | The course would have been incomplete if it had only been about these technical matters , fascinating as they are . |
| 25 | Borg had only been at Meadow Park since late last season , when he was appointed following the dismissal of John Clements . |
| 26 | I mentioned a boy who had only been at school for two terms , a boy who had had a limp , someone he had been friendly with for a time . |
| 27 | It was spotted by William Robertson , then aged 20 , a deaf man who had been educated at the Aberdeen School for the Deaf , and who had only been at sea for one year . |
| 28 | Having said that he was very immature the report added that there had been considerable improvement , but it had taken a long time ( he had only been at school for four terms and had had a change of teacher ) . |
| 29 | I had only been at home for about ten days when a friend of mine asked me to join him on a journey to the East Indies . |
| 30 | Eva had only been at Usher a couple of months and was preparing to go to the International College for Officers ( ICO ) in London on a refresher course after her long years overseas . |