Example sentences of "i had be [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He turned out to be an inspector of taxes with whom I had been conducting a mini back-duty enquiry and which was in the concluding stages .
2 My mate and I had been given a long list of names , of Bulawayo people we should meet .
3 Prior to the patrol I had been given a verbal briefing on the night 's events .
4 I had been swimming a long time that first Sunday , far out in the bay , and he could easily have slipped the things on to the Bourani end of the beach while I was in the water .
5 Before I knew where I was , I had been wagered a great deal of money that I could not do it , and shortly before midnight I was leaving the hallowed portals of Ronnie Scott 's Club .
6 In those days I had been doing a good deal of drawing ; and , having come under Wyndham Lewis 's influence , I took my Vorticist efforts round to the Master , and , to my surprise , I found that he thought quite well of them .
7 I had been promised a gripping afternoon 's shoot in the Locarno Gents ( where the original play was entirely set ) .
8 I had been allocated an efficient back-up team from the Civil Service : Jane Benham ( promoted near the end and replaced by Martin Howarth ) , Michael Phipps and Jenny Bacon , all of whom impressed me with their loyalty to me and their diplomatic skills .
9 When my marriage ended three years earlier I had been left an emotional pulp .
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