Example sentences of "had be [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That morning Sara had been up with the dawn to walk for the last time in the castle grounds to say goodbye to her doves , her servants , her horses and her hounds , the last of which seemed to sense what was happening and started howling as soon as she had departed . |
| 2 | Slorne , who had been up at the back of her cage most of the day as usual , suddenly opened her wings , swung round and dropped down to the front of her cage . |
| 3 | Patrick , so he told Franca , had been over to the flat at Victoria and had had a ‘ talk ’ with Marcus . |
| 4 | They had been on to the energy crisis , for example , years before it hit politics . |
| 5 | If International had been around at the time of the Vikings , there 's little doubt whose paint would have been used to keep those marauding longships in prime condition . |
| 6 | Sometimes , he assumed the Elder had been around since the Creation . |
| 7 | He was like an old car that had been around in the neighbourhood for a long time , loaned out among your friends , used and passed on , so that when it got to you in your time , you knew what you were getting . |
| 8 | Some of those who had been out to the countryside or into factories to do their ‘ social practice ’ were even more critical of the existing regime . |
| 9 | Paula Harrison , of North Green , Staindrop , had been out for the evening with friends when she fell 15ft from the bridge into the Tees on Saturday . |
| 10 | But that had been out of the question , of course . |
| 11 | It had been out of the question to recognise — reluctance . |
| 12 | Many of Rosemary Cook 's respondents in the Rhondda , who had given birth to children during the inter-war years , said that birth control had been out of the question despite the fact that the birth rate for the Rhondda fell dramatically during the inter-war period . |
| 13 | I found it hard to believe that , even if he had been out of the country , his family could have moved away without his knowing . |
| 14 | Cadfael knew of none besides Tutilo who had been out of the enclave that night , but a man intending such a deed would hardly publish his intent or let anyone know of his absence . |
| 15 | No rivets could be used that had been out of the refrigerator for more than two hours . |
| 16 | Counsel for the ‘ Seventeen Towns ’ , claimed by Finch to be within the forest bounds , produced in rebuttal the perambulations of 1298 and 1300 , and their confirmation by Act of Parliament in 1336 , urging also that these towns had been out of the forest by ‘ the long and constant Usage ever since . |
| 17 | He was fully dressed as if he had been out of the chateau . ’ |
| 18 | I regret that I had been out of the office on the 15 July and did not receive your FAX until first thing on the 16 July . |
| 19 | It was a very impressive comeback for Cross , who had been out of the game for six months with shin splints . |
| 20 | He did n't want to think of what would happen if his mother discovered that he had been out of the house . |
| 21 | Mr Ashton told yesterday 's hearing that neither man had served a day of his sentence as both had been out of the jurisdiction . |
| 22 | Equally , just over a third of those who had been out of the labour market altogether , but were now in work , had temporary jobs . |
| 23 | Of " voluntary " temporary workers , nearly a half had been out of the labour market entirely 12 months before and only two per cent had been unemployed , but of " involuntary " temporary workers the proportions were just under one third in both cases . |
| 24 | By the time I got to the last rocker I had been out of the garage , round the block three times , back up the drive and home in time for teal Is there any way I can turn the engine over without moving the vehicle ? |
| 25 | He had been out on the streets all day and his face was running with sweat . |
| 26 | This particular day Tom Smith had been out on the drink the previous night and now had a sore head and a filthy mood on him . |
| 27 | In the meantime the others had been out on the track and found the footprints of the Friar and the distinctive mark of his staff . |
| 28 | Sir Richard , in hose and open cambric shirt , wiped dust from his hands , apologising that he had been out with the craftsmen who were putting the finishing touches to their pageant for the young king 's coronation . |
| 29 | If you had been out in the middle of space , far from anything else , they would have stayed put . |
| 30 | The men at the headman 's house decided , on behalf of the village , that every dog that had been out in the night , possibly taking part in the fight and helping bring down the rabid dog , would have to be killed : and all bitches on heat , whether they 'd been inside or out , must also be killed . |