Example sentences of "had be [verb] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reuben Boll had been taking the last part of his annual leave . |
| 2 | Earlier , on Oct. 5 , Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi had been appointed the first woman member of the Supreme Court . |
| 3 | It had been worn the last time the Mendozas beat the O'Briens in the Open and on every occasion they had met since . |
| 4 | About half their original sample had been given a second interview four years after the first . |
| 5 | The delay had been to give the second team time to gain position . |
| 6 | He had been defeated the first time , but that foray into the arena had taught him a lot . |
| 7 | Two weeks after my course finished and I was back in the ‘ real world ’ on a murder enquiry , I received notification I had been awarded the second scholarship in the force . |
| 8 | By the time she 'd elbowed the door open with two steaming mugs of tea , I had was reading the first thing which had come to hand . |