Example sentences of "had be at [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Sir Patrick , welcoming Irish Foreign Minister Dick Spring , rejected suggestions that relations between both Governments had been at a low ebb after their last talks in July and stressed that both were treating the worsening security situation ‘ very seriously ’ .
2 He had achieved his aim of recreating the days of his ancestors , at least in part , but it had been at a great cost .
3 Eva had been at the International College for Officers for five years .
4 Women had been at the lowest end of Paul 's spectrum of the human race .
5 All three came from the Midlands and had been at the sharp end of the business as salesmen for distribution companies .
6 Even if I had n't won a medal nor got enough promotion , I had been at the sharp end .
7 This reflection went far to set up Harry again in his own esteem , for it meant that Isambard had been sure of his victim 's obstinate silence even under torture ; more sure of it , if the truth were told , than Harry himself had been at the worst moment .
8 The torrent here was almost as fearsome as it had been at the original crossing point , but not so deep .
9 Mr Richardson , whose home was on The Promenade , Llanfairfechan , had been at the Old Court for six months because his wife was in hospital .
10 He and Adam had been at the same school , though he was a bit older .
11 He was three years older than Adam and though they had been at the same school , Highgate , they had not been friends then .
12 In almost the same moment Alexei recalled that his father had been at the same briefing .
13 Across the emptying room another hurt mind had been at the same moment of time glanced by unwanted evocations of shabby Forest sheep nudging together in a brick shelter on a high road through the trees .
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