Example sentences of "had be invited to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mere fact he had been invited to the eight-man special event represented progress . |
| 2 | The three had been invited to the States by Greenpeace USA . |
| 3 | He had been invited to Hall 's conclave , but did not attend . |
| 4 | The time could not have been worse , defeat by Peru was bad enough but the entire Scottish party had been invited to a reception with the Minister of Sport Denis Howell , a former referee and a declared opponent of drug abuse in sport . |
| 5 | Some time later Philip wrote to say that , although he had not put his own name forward for consideration , he himself had been invited to be the official biographer and had accepted . |
| 6 | Sharpe remembered that Lucille , who had loyally left France to stay at his side , had been invited to some fashionable and expensive ball that was supposed to take place in Brussels this night . |
| 7 | Originally , two representatives from each of Russia 's republics and regions had been invited to this meeting . |
| 8 | About five weeks ago , I had been invited to a presentation by Garth Enterprises , who were unveiling their plans for a golf course and leisure complex which would also include a hotel and the provision of some expensive houses alongside each fairway . |
| 9 | Mr Betts , who works with the media group CAVE of Brazil , had been invited to Chile to coordinate a three-day workshop for community radio technicians . |
| 10 | Crowds milled around , about one third of all University staff and employees had been invited to the buffet luncheon . |
| 11 | There were one or two guests that had been invited to both Breasbrough parties . |
| 12 | Shirley Harper , Liz Headleand 's younger sister , was at none of these parties , and had been invited to none . |
| 13 | I had been invited to 10 Downing Street for dinner a number of times and on one of those occasions Harold Wilson asked me if I could suggest someone who would go to Salisbury and meet Ian Smith in order to find out whether there was any basis for renewing negotiations . |
| 14 | ‘ I had been invited to Miss Havisham 's to see if she liked me . |
| 15 | While I was out , Reg Pybus dropped in a note saying he had been invited to Wrexham with a view to joining them as coach . |
| 16 | Well over a hundred friends had been invited to luncheon at Woburn Abbey , but they were sworn to secrecy , and asked to arrive by a special route , so that no one went past the house . |
| 17 | We had been invited to Romania to show us how safe it was and how much fun the skiing could be in Poiana Brasov . |
| 18 | A group of American businessman and their families had been invited to the airport for the president to pump their hands . |
| 19 | Wakelate had been invited to the De Belving residence in order to inspect a potential candidate for poisoning — some obstructive colleague of the De Belving patriarch . |
| 20 | Edgar and Isabella Linton had been invited to lunch , and their mother had agreed , on condition that her darlings were kept carefully apart from ‘ that wicked boy ’ . |
| 21 | I had been invited to a banquet by some mad Russian prince . |
| 22 | She had been invited to ‘ do ’ a couple of mornings a week for Racy . |
| 23 | Barry had been invited to the hotel by Moore who had agreed to co-operate with the authorities in their campaign to acquire evidence of the mayor 's widely alleged use of illegal drugs . |
| 24 | Barry had been invited to the hotel by Moore who had agreed to co-operate with the authorities in their campaign to acquire evidence of the mayor 's widely alleged use of illegal drugs . |
| 25 | Itzhak Moda'i , the Finance Minister , and Yuval Ne'eman , Minister of Science and Energy , had been invited to Moscow by the Soviet Chamber of Commerce and Industry , and discussions during their visit centred on economic and scientific co-operation . |
| 26 | He confirmed that Major had been invited to South Africa and that the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Douglas Hurd would be visiting shortly . |
| 27 | All parties to the Afghan conflict had been invited to talks , which were postponed after disagreements arose between the rival groups over the conference . |
| 28 | She , too , had been invited to Jeffrey Archer 's party at the Grand Hotel . |
| 29 | Naughtie asked John Cole whether he had been invited to what was clearly the party of the century , and Cole replied gravely that he had . |
| 30 | had been invited to the conference to present a paper on the development of a Private Label strategy for Europe , with specific emphasis on breakfast cereals . |