Example sentences of "[pers pn] had be [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They had been crossing a scree ; there had been many loose stones , and footing was difficult , but surely at that point they had been traversing a gentler slope , and her employer had actually been standing on a flattish stretch of granite when she had fallen . |
| 32 | Astute team that they were — from Kylie herself , through father Ron and Svengali Blamey to PR people Sally Atkins and the McCright brothers Ron and Rob — they were aware they had been dealt a one-off set of cards . |
| 33 | More satisfied than if they had been handed a big discount on a plate . |
| 34 | After hearing that they had been attending a high school graduation party , they were released by the judge on the condition that they were each driven to their parents ' home exactly as they appeared in court — with only a blanket for |
| 35 | One moment they had been crossing a burning glade of shoulder-high grass in the full glare of the sun and the next they descended abruptly into a dark , silent , mysterious world where the air was cool and moist , the earth soft and spongy underfoot , and dazzling orchids blazed suddenly among the deep green undergrowth . |
| 36 | Most of the ‘ masters ’ of torture said that they had been fighting a desperate unseen war , whose atmosphere could not be imagined by people from democracies . |
| 37 | She was born when they had been married a few years . |
| 38 | The dispute was still continuing in 1637 : the lessees of the disafforested lands complained that ‘ the people of the country adjacent will not pay any considerable rent for what they say have been their commons ’ , although they had been allotted a considerable share of the forest wastes in lieu of common rights . |
| 39 | As recently as September 1990 it had been expecting a 2.4 per cent growth for 1991 . |
| 40 | Half an hour after the finish the stewards disqualified the Schlesser/Baldi Mercedes on the grounds that it had been given a tenth of a litre more than its 246-litre fuel allowance . |
| 41 | I would not have minded the motion tonight quite so much if it had been given an honest title , such as the General Election ( Clearing the Decks ) Motion , or whatever title the Leader of the House wanted to give it . |
| 42 | As Bishop Brinton said , it had been to restore a rightful heir to his kingdom and to defeat tyranny that the campaign in northern Spain had been fought in 1367 . |
| 43 | After it had been moved a short distance away , the pilot was persuaded that the situation was all right and he accepted this , rather than face being unpopular for causing further delay . |
| 44 | But the decision made itself , as if it had been made a long time before . |
| 45 | Black , because it had been burned a thousand years ago ; it still showed the shape of the face impressed upon it . |
| 46 | Since then it had been showing a worrying tendency , when Rincewind was feeling rundown or especially threatened , to try to get itself said . |
| 47 | It was identified as such only a short while after Delta Cephei itself , and if it had been found a few months earlier the short-period stars would probably have been known as Aquilids rather than Cepheids . |
| 48 | This must have been in the two years between the autumn or summer of 1187 , when he left Paris , and September 1189 , by which time he had been created a cardinal deacon by his relative , Pope Clement III . |
| 49 | ‘ It would have been horrid if he had been born a few days after she died . ’ |
| 50 | He had been receiving an extraordinary number of new birds from Elizabeth 's brothers , Stephen and Charles Coxen , who had emigrated to Australia some years before . |
| 51 | He had been expecting a great difference , but not the extent of the hostility that had greeted him and the reality of a giant Worm wielding enormous electrical energy . |
| 52 | He had been elected an Honorary Fellow in 1850 , and it is clear that Hope 's wealth and position were still of sufficient value to the profession that he became the only amateur , apart from Grey , to be the Institute 's President . |
| 53 | He had been using a great deal of unnecessary and inappropriate tension when reciting . |
| 54 | He had been using an ingenious method . |
| 55 | Only then did he fully realize that he had been experiencing a mild dull pressure in the head , as well as the nausea , physical and mental fatigue . |
| 56 | Harbury surmised that he had more reason than anybody : he had been severely demoted , he had been given a rough time and he was partly responsible for Martin Ayling selling to MacQuillan . |
| 57 | A few days ago , some hooligan or other walked into our bedroom , mine and Jane 's — and lifted " Suddenly , as the thought struck him , he jerked back in his chair , as if he had been given a minor electric shock , and stared at Alice , his jaw literally dropping . |
| 58 | He had been given a tough assignment and he was in there fighting like hell on behalf of the British vehicle division . |
| 59 | He had never been stripped of his Bulgarian citizenship , and it was officially reported on June 12 that he had been granted a Bulgarian passport . |
| 60 | He said the soldier told him he had been struck a glancing blow by the car , but that he had not been knocked over and afterwards had been able to continue on duty . |