Example sentences of "had [be] a successful " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took a lot to faze a talented one like that , who had been a successful soloist for two years , managing with having a sick father and about one tenth of his mother 's attention . |
| 2 | He was the younger brother of Lajos ' father , and had been a successful export — a businessman who owned a factory . |
| 3 | He had been a successful prize fighter at the time and had the good sense to buy the Blue Boar from the proceeds of the noble art . |
| 4 | He had been a successful stage actor in high school and college , a pioneer in the young radio business , a journeyman screen performer , a television personality , a speechmaker to audiences of all description , author of a syndicated newspaper column . ’ |
| 5 | In November Lord Woolton , a man of no party affiliation but who had been a successful Minister of Food , was appointed to the task , and was given a seat in the War Cabinet . |
| 6 | There had been a successful introduction for freshers at the Polytechnic . |
| 7 | Today 's announcement comes at the end of what had been a successful decade for the Trust . |