Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] had [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very significantly , in comparing his study with another carried out 19 years before , Gorer found there had been a marked increase in this expressed appreciation of the sexual factor in marriage — even more marked in women than in men . |
| 2 | A former Birmingham police officer , Finnegan was set to stand as Tory candidate for Stockton South at the 1983 general election but withdrew when it was disclosed he had been a National Front organiser . |
| 3 | He was no longer particularly interested in the work of younger writers ; this was partly because he no longer felt confident in his judgments about contemporary writing but , at a more general level , he believed there had been a profound falling off in the standard of both literature and criticism since the Second World War . |
| 4 | But Mr Bowman said Home Office figures showed there had been a 43 per cent reduction in crime by under-14s . |
| 5 | The present occupants did not realize there had been a famous ex-occupant and were , says Herman , ‘ not too pleased when they found out ’ . |
| 6 | On the Monday , the bulldozer moved in and turned what had been a rough path into a track about 8 feet wide . |
| 7 | From 1971 to 1977 he was the head coach of the Washington Redskins professional football team , and turned what had been a lacklustre bunch into a city 's obsession . |
| 8 | Goff and another , the National Industrial Relations Court ruled there had been a constructive dismissal . |
| 9 | All of a sudden , she realised there had been a collective intake of breath and that everyone around her was staring at the monitors . |
| 10 | Was she a fool to hope there had been a deeper meaning in that fierce command ? |
| 11 | He accepted my apologies for my appearance and quickly put me at ease , saying he had been a close friend of my father and was delighted to meet his son . |
| 12 | The SPD accordingly took over Lower Saxony 's five seats in the Bundesrat ( upper house of the federal parliament ) to have a total of 27 seats , with the result that the government CDU-Christian Social Union ( CSU ) -Free Democratic Party ( FDP ) coalition , now with 18 seats , lost what had been a one-seat majority . |
| 13 | Regarding effect on lifestyle , 154 ( 36% ) sufferers felt there had been a great deal or fair amount of effect ( 55 ( 45% ) men and 99 ( 34% ) women ) . |
| 14 | I said ( I was shocked , because from what he had said about other things , I thought he must be Labour , I knew he had been a Communist once ) , I 'd rather we had the New People than poor people . |
| 15 | At the same time , she knew it had been a big mistake to lose her temper like that . |
| 16 | Kenneth thought it had been a great year . |
| 17 | He did not think that their ambitions extended far into Western Europe but he thought it had been a serious error to let the Russians take Berlin and establish themselves there . |
| 18 | Looking back , he thought he had been a little bit crazy , last night . |
| 19 | As the neighbours started to emerge later in the day , everyone agreed it had been a great San Juan . |
| 20 | Yet the Chelsea manager , Bobby Campbell , and Arsenal assistant , Theo Foley , agreed it had been a good match , and the spectators ' complaints were muted . |
| 21 | But Joan admitted it had been a gradual process . |
| 22 | Handicapper Ted Kelly admitted it had been a difficult task rating Vintage Crop . |
| 23 | ‘ When I saw death coming towards me I began to think it had been a bad business for me to kill that guy . ’ |
| 24 | Mr John and Det Chief Insp George Brown , his colleague at the head of the murder investigation , said there had been a tremendous response from the public . |
| 25 | Mr John and Det Chief Insp George Brown , who is also heading the investigation , said there had been a tremendous response from the public . |
| 26 | Mr Armstrong said there had been a similar incident last year when Mr Bowler had been stabbed but refused to make a statement to the police . |
| 27 | He said there had been a remarkable change in attitudes over the last few years in which those people still in work were determined not to give up their annual break , although they were being forced to cut down on other spending . |
| 28 | John Goold , a research student from the University of North Wales , said there had been a remarkable development when one of the whales broke away from the other five as they attempted to usher them out into the Pentland Firth for the second time . |
| 29 | Mr Jones , founder of the Romanian aid convoys , said there had been a huge response from Darlington people wanting to sponsor babies in the Eastern Europe country . |
| 30 | Parish clerk Jennie Flintoff said there had been a few accidents at the entrance to the village . |