Example sentences of "[noun pl] had [been] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His pace quickened as the accents changed ; City gents in long black coats and bowlers gave way to professional men in dark suits and trilbies , to be taken over by rough lads in ill-fitting clothes and caps , until Charlie finally arrived in the East End , where even the boaters had been abandoned by those under thirty . |
| 2 | Instrument zu singen gesetzt ( Königsberg , 1638–50 ) which enjoyed enormous popularity ; by 1652 the first five Teile had reached their third or fourth editions and a number of separate songs had been republished in other people 's miscellanies . |
| 3 | Last night Hampshire police confirmed that two fans had been charged with public order offences . |
| 4 | Although the wording indicates that this had given rise to " considerable discussion " , implying that these methods had been questioned by some present , and the phrase " it was unwise to make any further interpretation " implies that those methods should not be spelled out too explicitly , the clear conclusion of the conference was that the policy being followed by 5 Corps should be given full backing . |
| 5 | Health Secretary William Waldegrave told an NHS managers ' conference in London that in January long term waiting lists had been cut by thirty percent . |
| 6 | But Mr Foster said yesterday he knew of situations in other parts of the country where waiting lists had been reduced by unacceptable tactics . |
| 7 | A set of old , wooden steps had been cut into one side . |
| 8 | Some serious steps had been taken towards that outburst of anticlericalism and , in particular , antipapalism which marked the later fourteenth century : suspicions had been raised about the church 's landed wealth and envy of it had been fanned ; resentment against the papacy — by the clergy as well as by the laity — was growing ; above all parliament was providing an assembly where hostility could be orchestrated , diffused and preserved . |
| 9 | If these ten poorest readers had been selected for remedial teaching during the six-month period a ( probably ) spurious improvement in spelling would be inferred . |
| 10 | Up to 70 white rhinos had been recorded in 1992 . |
| 11 | I remembered reading about the protests over Club Row just north of Spitalfields ' market , where a street market in animals had been held since Victorian times . |
| 12 | She found that muddy brown eyes had been replaced by alert blue ones . |
| 13 | The eyes had been used to great effect as Queen Gertrude , Imogen , Portia , and Lady Macbeth . |
| 14 | Rotation was continued until the gall bladder was clear on fluoroscopy and no impacts had been felt for five minutes . |
| 15 | These main-line electric multiple units had been built between 1959 and 1963 for the Kent Coast electrification with a design life of approximately twenty-five years . |
| 16 | On Sept. 18 it was reported that in the previous week five truck drivers had been killed by armed groups , probably of the Afar clan , on the road from the port of Assab to Addis Ababa . |
| 17 | The United Somali Congress ( USC ) , which drew its support from the Hawiye clan of central Somalia , launched an offensive in late December , while the largest rebel group , the northern-based Somali National Movement ( SNM ) , dismissed as " futile " a government announcement on Dec. 26 that political parties had been legalized with immediate effect . |
| 18 | Now computers had been added to natural incompetence , and Cyril the Systems was on the edge of a nervous breakdown . |
| 19 | Only the Jews were descended from Adam and only the Jews had been contaminated with original sin as a consequence of Eve 's disobedience . |
| 20 | I was no closer to knowing the selection procedure , as my conversations about this with the other recruits had been based on mere speculation and gossip . |
| 21 | Supporters had been split into regional groups throughout the country , and John and Joan Bohanna 's Merseyside Regional Group directly confronted Pilger , telling him that ‘ ultimate NoS editorial control rests not with the editor , or the Board of Directors , but the Founders ’ , and the editor would have to do their bidding at all times . |
| 22 | They alleged widescale vote rigging and claimed that the names of opposition supporters had been excluded from electoral lists . |
| 23 | The entire Cabinet resigned to facilitate the re-shuffle and Prime Minister Michael Manley announced that the total number of ministers , ministers of state and parliamentary secretaries had been reduced from 39 to 28 . |
| 24 | Last-minute concessions had been made to disaffected groups to win their support . |
| 25 | This policy posed a general problem for the National WEA , which lacked a clear view on its partnership with other providers , and was an especially acute one for the District where important concessions had been made in earlier years to the Cambridge Board . |
| 26 | However , after doubts had been expressed by certain of Nissan 's executives , this proposal was drastically scaled-down . |
| 27 | Police and army behaviour and tactics had been improved to some extent , especially in appreciating the need for reform policies rather than simple oppression . |
| 28 | It was reported on Sept. 6 that three Iranians had been arrested on similar charges in Istanbul . |
| 29 | The 20,000 urns and vases had been lying in deep salt water for 302 years . |
| 30 | Consecutive sentences of three months had been passed for two offences of driving while disqualified , with a further six months consecutive for an excess alcohol offence . |