Example sentences of "had been [adj] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pepita had been fortunate to have a job where there was a doctor or nurse on site . |
| 2 | The story , which mentioned Puddephat by name , should have appeared in his file , but she had been right to doubt the efficiency of the Herald 's library staff . |
| 3 | Li Shai Tung had been right to sign the boy 's death warrant . |
| 4 | In the social dialectology carried out in Belfast , however , quantification was necessary : if it had been possible to do the work without quantifying , we would have done it that way ! |
| 5 | It had been possible to board a steamer for Norway at Port Dundas . |
| 6 | It had been content to leave the service arrangements to a network of service engineers who serviced other makes of machine as well as those provided by Argent Distributors ( on the premise that one machine is very much like another ) and Argent Distributors carried and provided the stock of spare parts that were unique to their machines . |
| 7 | It was saddled and bridled which meant , so Allen reasoned , that either its rider had been thrown in the darkness of the Waste and the horse had bolted , or that for some unknown reason the verderers had been content to abandon the harness with the horse . |
| 8 | When he published the Combattimento in 1638 , in his book of Madrigali guerrieri ed amorosi , Monteverdi claimed in his preface that with it he had created a new genus of music , the stile concitato ( excited ) , whereas earlier composers had been content to express the molle ( soft ) and temperato . |
| 9 | Since I am persuaded by Mr. Lester 's first argument on article 10 , I do not propose to review further the alternatives ; but if it had been necessary to make a decision I , for my part , would have found the task more suited to Parliament than to this court . |
| 10 | It had been necessary to handle the appointment rather delicately , as when the post was originally advertised it had been for a boys ' school , 600 strong ; with the anticipated changes this would soon develop into a co-educational establishment of up to 1,000 . |
| 11 | The Far Eastern Economic Review of March 19 said that Lu 's comment was based on " the mistaken belief " that tax increases imposed by Macleod had been necessary to avoid a deficit . |
| 12 | It had been impossible to wear the straw hat all morning because the wind caught it and pulled the chin-strap — improvised from a bootlace — into my neck . |
| 13 | The Government had been due to confirm the route on Wednesday but postponed the details until next week . |
| 14 | The Russian 's group arrived in Iraq about the same time as a team of 13 inspectors , which had been due to leave the country yesterday , announced it was staying on . |
| 15 | Tania 's mother , Jackie May , said her daughter had been due to attend a court hearing in Gloucester the day after her disappearance last Wednesday . |
| 16 | The controversial Chesterfield MP had been due to give a lecture at Queen 's University this evening on the future of British politics . |
| 17 | Boban also took control of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union ( HDZ ) in the republic , ousting the moderate Stjepan Kljujic who had been due to become the republic 's next president . |
| 18 | Denzil Kobbekaduwa , who had been due to assume the post was killed in August after being ambushed by LTTE forces off the Jaffna Peninsula [ see p. 39053 ] . |
| 19 | Although Thomas felt her husband had been stupid to bring a woman like this to the planet , he did not intend to abandon her to the mercy of the hostile environment and the murderous shapechanger . |
| 20 | Ralph Grunte had been pleased to receive a letter from the Headmaster of Roedean ; yes , it was a headmaster . |
| 21 | Ralph Grunte had been pleased to receive a letter from the Headmaster of Roedean ; yes , it was a headmaster . |
| 22 | Blackpool had been keen to develop the Promenade tramway as far as St. Annes , but this was defeated and the blue buses took over . |
| 23 | Administrators and politicians had been keen to circumscribe the power of scientific experts like Simon . |
| 24 | To avoid the trouble she had been obliged to invent a friend , a suicidal woman friend with whom she was staying that night . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , Clara had been obliged to raise the subject of a best dress , because the brochure about the school trip had clearly stated that it would be expected . |
| 26 | Losing his job with the band had not really been to do with his mother being ill , but it had been easy to suggest the idea to Barnett . |
| 27 | The Court held that the Chief Constable , who had been unwilling to lend the assistance of his men to help move the protesters , should not be compelled by mandamus to do otherwise . |
| 28 | But the others , with the abominable tout in their sights , had been quick to fix the blame on him . |
| 29 | In the end the fourteen-stone collier had been glad to see the back of her . |
| 30 | Even if Germany had been willing to risk the assembly of major formations of ex-Soviet prisoners , Vlasov had no interest in these ethnically based units . |