Example sentences of "had be [vb pp] [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | A little mirror had been hung on the wall of the dressing area . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | When our mam died — our dad had been killed down the pit long before — he took me in and brought me up . |
5 | Even now , however , no decisions had been taken on the speed of emancipation or the form it should take . |
6 | He said more precise figures would not be available until decisions had been taken on the form of restoration . |
7 | After three centuries of decline , the first steps had been taken on the path to restoration . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | The Pakistan skipper had been drawn down the pitch by Tufnell 's flight . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | 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 . |