Example sentences of "had been [vb pp] [to-vb] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Russian air force press centre in Moscow said Maj Shipko 's plane and another SU-27 had been sent to prevent an attack on a paratroop base near the rebel capital of Gudauta , about 20 miles north of the frontline . |
| 2 | Ten days later he wrote to his sister saying that he had been asked to write an essay about Baldwin , but that he had refused , for he wished neither to lie nor to publish the truth , which he then proceeded to outline : |
| 3 | He developed an allergy to a powerful , broad-spectrum antibiotic he had been given to treat an attack of bronchitis . |
| 4 | And there the newsreader told the British people that efforts had been made to obtain an interview with the local Plant Manager , who had declined to comment . |
| 5 | On one side of this access the stones had been continued to form an archway which immediately suggested the childhood joys of caves and visits to Father Christmas 's grotto in the bigger Oxford Street department stores . |
| 6 | Earlier Sir Bryan 's office had been forced to withdraw an announcement about the shutdown decision because of the legal challenge , but he later issued the formal order to British Telecom to pull the plug . |
| 7 | He was not released until he had been forced to sign an undertaking not to bring any charge against his aggressors . |
| 8 | It had been used to stiffen an envelope posted from the Palace which contained photographs of other members of the Royal Family . |
| 9 | Of equal clarity was the passage in the judgment of Willes J in 1871 when in Lee v Bude and Torrington Junction Railway Co. ( 1871 ) LR 6 CP 576 ( in which case it was alleged that Parliament had been induced to pass an Act by fraudulent recitals ) he said , at p. 582 : |