Example sentences of "had be a [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the Norwegian Campaign of early 1940 he had been a member of 263 Squadron flying Gladiators , and had claimed one victory and a share in another before being wounded . |
| 2 | Allegations of a government-sponsored campaign against the PPP [ see pp. 38152 ; 38338 ] grew after a former adviser to Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif claimed that he had been a member of one of two " election cells " created by Sharif 's Islamic Democratic Alliance ( IDA ) which had " rigged the 1990 elections by adding 20,000 bogus votes " in a number of constituencies to ensure the defeat of the PPP [ see pp. 37763-64 ] . |
| 3 | Although he had been a member of both the US House of Representatives and the US Senate he had never been a true man of Congress . |
| 4 | If this had been a reflection of basic principles of justice there could have been little cause for complaint , but in fact an examination of the position shows clearly that this was not the case . |
| 5 | In their letter , the solicitors did not disclose that there had been a release of all claims against Mr. Mahmoud . |
| 6 | On the current market situation Mr Peel noted that Old Masters continued to be the strongest area , although there had been a reduction in both size of sales and prices realised in some areas . |
| 7 | The Hon. Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke , ‘ You can call me Mollie ’ , had been a widow since 1979 when her husband was lost in a blizzard . |
| 8 | She had been a widow for 25 years and now lived in one room , earning a living as a charwoman . |
| 9 | There had been a story about secret arms deals with a Middle Eastern country involving the suicide of a French diplomat , but I recalled no names or figures . |
| 10 | I had been a vessel of pure water and I had been spilled . |
| 11 | To take the Liberals first , it had been a commonplace of political analysis over previous years to regard the Liberal vote as largely a product of temporary disillusion with the Tories following on periods of Tory government , as a protest vote . |
| 12 | With Peter Datchett , it had been a question of ripening interest rather than obsession . |
| 13 | There had been a rash of petty thefts in the hotel and we were all warned to be vigilant . |
| 14 | Afghanistan , which had been a monarchy until 1973 , was then declared a republic following a coup . |
| 15 | He was almost 60 years of age and had been a fugitive for 22 years , during which time he had had no permanent home , no source of income and little respite from danger . |
| 16 | ‘ He had been a prosecutor for eight years . ’ |
| 17 | Creech Jones , the Colonial Secretary , had been a champion of colonial causes before he took office : now he was falling in with the policies of powerful officials like Sir Andrew Cohen . |
| 18 | David Moore had been a pilot for 25 years , flying with the Fleet Air Arm before joining Rolls Royce . |
| 19 | So 1984/5 had been a winter of hectic activity for Will and his group . |
| 20 | From the end of the fifteenth century she had been a factor in European diplomacy . |
| 21 | And Miss Watson , of course , really was her better , for she had been a headmistress before this , and had taught in town schools , so large and magnificent that naturally she was much wiser and more experienced . |
| 22 | But Mr Plant denied that Timothy Gedge had been a nuisance in any way whatsoever . |
| 23 | Simultaneously , it seemed , there had been a change in barometric pressure . |
| 24 | Liverpool Crown Court heard that there had been a history of domestic violence involving 30-year-old Anthony Redmond and his wife Carla Sergeant . |
| 25 | There had been a fall of 15,000,000 tonnes in the volume of oil and gas extraction . |
| 26 | There had been a fall in private consumption in 1989 following the imposition of the unpopular consumption tax . |
| 27 | There had been a fall in gross domestic product ( GDP ) in 1991 of between 12 and 14 per cent , greater than expected , but Klaus attributed this mainly to " external conditions " . |
| 28 | There had in fact only been one occasion during those last years that Lewis could remember and he was sure Adam had only gone because there had been a promise of some shooting . |
| 29 | Such a multiple attack had been a possibility for some time . |
| 30 | He said the buy-out had been a possibility for some time , but the two sides had only got down to serious discussions in the past few months . |