Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [be] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas Guy had only arrived in the Middle East in 1180 and at the time of his defeat had been King of Jerusalem for less than a year , Saladin had ruled Egypt since 1169 and Syria since 1176 . |
| 2 | Before Rope Thrower subdued the Great Chief Manuelito — among whose lieutenants was Hawk 's many-times-great grandfather Armijo — the Navaho had been herders of horses and cattle , cultivators of corn , pumpkins , wheat and melons and famous for their groves of peach trees . |
| 3 | The Harrington brothers had been feed by Warwick , and their father had been feed by Salisbury . |
| 4 | The Harrington brothers had been feed by Warwick , and their father had been feed by Salisbury . |
| 5 | She kindly wrote me a letter after the first television programme about me , since her family and mine had been friends for years . |
| 6 | Most of the transmission had been pictures of malai soldiers back home in malai-land , strumming guitars in their uniforms , singing with their arms round each other , carrying kids , helping old ladies . |
| 7 | The Irish Industry Minister , Des O'Malley , stressed that a key factor in winning the project had been availability of computer scientists . |
| 8 | The gun had been handbuilt by Holland & Holland of London , perfectly balanced and beautifully engraved . |
| 9 | The case aroused public disquiet as demonstrating that Evans 's conviction and execution had been miscarriages of justice ; there were two inquiries , and after the second Evans was granted a posthumous free pardon . |
| 10 | In his autobiography he claimed that the family had been farmers at Long Eaton , Derbyshire , since the eighteenth century . |
| 11 | , Peter ( 1806–1883 ) , industrial chemist and alum manufacturer , was born 19 February 1806 in Brechin , Forfarshire , Scotland , the son of a hand-loom weaver of Brechin , and his wife , whose family had been farmers for generations . |
| 12 | The Churchward family had been squires of Stoke Gabriel from the end of the fifteenth century . |
| 13 | His family had been landowners in Wales and Shropshire . |
| 14 | The weather had been kind for Boz 's wedding but it was less so for Tom and Dolly . |