Example sentences of "[noun pl] had be [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until that time the convention in painting nudes had been to omit pubic hair altogether . |
| 2 | Defence lawyers claimed that several injured defendants had been denied medical attention and that many others had been tortured while in custody . |
| 3 | News that the Islands ' social workers had been given professional stress therapy astounded the families and their support organisation . |
| 4 | This was prompted by reports that the two governments had been providing logistic support for UNITA — South African Foreign Minister Roelof " Pik " Botha , hitherto a negotiator in the conflict [ see p. 39129 ] , had been declared persona non grata on Nov. 6 , apparently in response to these reports . |
| 5 | The Midlands ' plants had been putting great pressure on the Merseysiders to call off the strike , as a result of which a mass meeting at Pier Head , Liverpool , had been demanded to vote on the question of a return to work . |
| 6 | Ashrawi had said on Jordan on Nov. 9 that she and her fellow delegates had been given diplomatic protection by the USA and the Soviet Union . |
| 7 | The head of Cardiff University 's health psychology research unit revealed yesterday that 400 volunteers had been given cold virus nose drops . |
| 8 | ( Common safety standards for engineering products had been given final approval by the Council on June 14 . ) |
| 9 | The Belgrade-based news agency Tanjug quoted Serb forces as saying Muslims had been using heavy artillery to bombard Serb positions in the Bratunac region of eastern Bosnia . |
| 10 | Thus , if the ten students had been given additional tuition , however ineffective , it would have appeared to be of benefit . |
| 11 | Doctors ( psychiatric and general practice trainees ) and nurses had been given special instruction in the assessment of deliberate self-poisoning patients . |