Example sentences of "had [been] [vb pp] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Zambia aircraft accident investigation was the responsibility of the Director of Civil Aviation and the official who occupied that position had been appointed only the day before the accident occurred . |
| 2 | The pulpit had been wreathed in holly , ivy had been twined up the lectern , garlands of leaves and berries hung from the gallery where 18th-century fiddlers had played before the organ came . |
| 3 | A little mirror had been hung on the wall of the dressing area . |
| 4 | The linoleum tiles in the middle area of the floor were rimmed by some new type of carpet , there was a false ceiling and false blinds had been hung on the walls . |
| 5 | She said how the old people 's sitting room had been livened up when a few pictures of old Barnsley had been hung on the walls . |
| 6 | A plaque had been hung on the gates : ‘ Fierce Dog — Beware ’ . |
| 7 | thank you and we see here that erm one thousand eight hundred and fifty six pounds had been claimed , that one thousand eight hundred and fifty six pounds thirteen had been received so the insurance cover had paid |
| 8 | Those who had accepted the old beliefs about women — her slower sexual arousal , natural chastity and requirement for serious emotional involvement — were bound to ask themselves whether they had been led up the garden path . |
| 9 | These were organic transplants which had been rejected yet the patient lived . |
| 10 | Parole was not a new idea , having existed in parts of the United States since early in the twentieth century , and had been canvassed down the years . |
| 11 | All the children had been rushed indoors the moment the trouble started . |
| 12 | When our mam died — our dad had been killed down the pit long before — he took me in and brought me up . |
| 13 | But Coun. Nicholas Thorne-Wallis ( Lab ) , chairman , said that no final decision had been taken over the proposals and Coun. Mrs Rose Davison ( Lab ) called for more options to be considered by the council . |
| 14 | Since nothing had been taken away the duty in such a case was to reach an honest conclusion without bias and not in pursuance of a capricious policy . |
| 15 | Even now , however , no decisions had been taken on the speed of emancipation or the form it should take . |
| 16 | He said more precise figures would not be available until decisions had been taken on the form of restoration . |
| 17 | After three centuries of decline , the first steps had been taken on the path to restoration . |
| 18 | The US authorities claimed that the decision to evacuate Peace Corps workers had been taken on the basis of general intelligence concerning NPA intentions , and that Swanson 's abduction had only become known after the decision had been made . |
| 19 | If those shells had been preserved then the sand and shingle in which they lay could not have been eroded by the sun and wind . |
| 20 | At the head of the parade was a blue banner bearing the words ‘ Civil Rights March ’ , which had been carried on the Coalisland — Dungannon march . |
| 21 | As soon as these orders had been carried out the prisoners started to leave . |
| 22 | The Pakistan skipper had been drawn down the pitch by Tufnell 's flight . |
| 23 | Even I knew about the CS , which had been set up the year before in the wake of a couple of real humdinger scandals in the Square Mile . |
| 24 | By the time it had been persuaded onwards the victoria was out of sight . |
| 25 | He did not explain why the CIA had waited until December 1990 , to draw this conclusion when the ‘ proof had been available for at least a year , nor did he explain why no advance warning based on this report , reliable or not , had been passed down the line to those responsible for airline security . |
| 26 | Oyston had been brought up the son of a Durham miner and had moved to Blackpool with his parents when they went to open a boarding house . |
| 27 | Charges had been brought in the USA in July 1991 against BCCI 's founder , Agha Hasan Abedi , and BCCI 's former chief operating officer , Swaleh Naqvi [ see p. 38355 ] . |