Example sentences of "they had be [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the cameras had long since departed , I was left to carry the can and answer any angry participants who felt they had been given a raw deal . |
| 2 | Their claim for an indemnity from the manufacturers failed as they had been given an adequate warning and ignored it . |
| 3 | Astute team that they were — from Kylie herself , through father Ron and Svengali Blamey to PR people Sally Atkins and the McCright brothers Ron and Rob — they were aware they had been dealt a one-off set of cards . |
| 4 | More satisfied than if they had been handed a big discount on a plate . |
| 5 | She was born when they had been married a few years . |
| 6 | The dispute was still continuing in 1637 : the lessees of the disafforested lands complained that ‘ the people of the country adjacent will not pay any considerable rent for what they say have been their commons ’ , although they had been allotted a considerable share of the forest wastes in lieu of common rights . |