Example sentences of "had be [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any surplus votes they had are re-allocated to the candidate who gets the second preference . |
| 2 | We had been taking into the adult wards men and women suffering from the most serious fevers , encephalitis lethargica , polio-encephalitis , serious poliomyelitis , with two ‘ Iron lung ’ cases in a special isolation ward and unit , tuberculous meningitis , and poliomeningitis were also with us . |
| 3 | It might have been a delayed reaction to the drugs I had been taking for an operation I 'd recently had on my foot , but this seemed unlikely . |
| 4 | I have already said that anathema had been pronounced over the Avant-garde from the beginning of the Thirties , and that made it very difficult for the avant-garde artists themselves , as well as for their families . |
| 5 | Iliescu also announced that work on unfinished grandiose construction and infrastructural projects had been halted pending an investigation of their economic worth . |
| 6 | Communications were no doubt temporarily dislocated : our jam-packed train had been halted during the night owing to an air raid in the region . |
| 7 | The spring of 1915 thus found the Allies dug in opposite the German Army , which had been halted on the Marne . |
| 8 | It was reported that over-ripe tomatoes and some oldish eggs had been tossed at the door of two southern commercial stations , which was a smear tactic we deplored with emphasis . |
| 9 | It had been tossed into a bed of nettles against the wall of the churchyard . |
| 10 | He glanced out at a gang of starlings fighting over some breadcrumbs that had been tossed on the lawn . |
| 11 | A sprig of dā telo had been fixed above the lintel to protect the house from evil , and Kāli left it in place , carefully plastering around it . |
| 12 | Her claim failed because no date had been fixed for the ending of her employment . |
| 13 | If no date had been fixed by the end of 1997 than the European System of Central Banks had to be established by July 1 , 1998 , and stage three would begin by Jan. 1 , 1999 , at the latest . |
| 14 | The manners which Topaz had been taught at the convent were good enough as a basis for acceptable behaviour , but she soon discovered that she had a great deal more to learn , and would also have to adopt a whole new set of values . |
| 15 | He fell back into the pattern of helplessness in the face of distress that he had been taught in the cradle . |
| 16 | Léonie kept her hands outside the covers as she had been taught by the nuns at her primary school . |
| 17 | He was at Pickering castle from 8 to 22 August 1323 : an inquiry was held regarding venison trespasses in Pickering Forest since that forest had been forfeited to the Crown by the treason of the Earl of Lancaster' . |
| 18 | The blue-tit that had been swinging on a bramble , singing " Heigh , ho , go-and-get-another-bit-of-moss , " stopped his acrobatics and flew into the wood . |
| 19 | Cormack had been swinging on the bar stool , fingering his wallet because Amanda 's appetite for food and drink had made his credit cards nervous , when he 'd seen the man in the raincoat in reception and the beer had spilled over his hand and left wet stains on the varnish for the boy to polish away . |
| 20 | The witness said Gary had been swinging on the metal posts on May 11 when they collapsed on his chest . |
| 21 | The Foreign Office said a list of 45 Britons who had visited the ranch recently and may still be there had been compiled with the help of U.S. immigration authorities and worried relatives . |
| 22 | Assuming the Turkey Pens had been situated at the rear of the house , he reckoned he was now heading for the outer fence somewhere off to the north side of the grounds . |
| 23 | On Jan. 16 it was reported that an alliance had been struck between the PLO and Amal at the main flashpoint of the fighting at Iqlim al-Tofah . |
| 24 | She had been struck on the back of the head and strangled , said Mr Wakerley . |
| 25 | On reviving him the man told the head ganger that he had been struck by a blow at the back of the head yet medical evidence revealed no sign of injury , furthermore his whistle , flags , and lamp were never found . |
| 26 | This is the first time UEFA has banned a Dutch club , but two years ago the national team were ordered to replay a European Championship qualifying match behind closed doors after Cyprus 's goalkeeper had been struck by a firework . |
| 27 | Lutyens had been struck by the emphasis she had placed on the word — and on her choice of it ; chaste was not a word Miss Jekyll usually employed when planning her gardens , and Lutyens bore it in mind throughout — hence the austerity to which he adhered on the terraces . |
| 28 | I had gone to visit the RSPB 's osprey reserve at Loch Garten , and had been struck by the symbolism of that site , where the birds flew free and the humans were , in effect , in a cage . |
| 29 | On both occasions she had been struck by the contrast between on the one hand the beauty of the Bay itself , the islands , the fine buildings towards Posillipo and on the other the cramped and jumbled desperation of the mean and bustly streets immediately below her . |
| 30 | The MP vigorously denied assault and said he had been struck by the officer . |