Example sentences of "had [be] [verb] for [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sightseers on the banks of the river , who , sensing something afoot , had been gathering for a few hours , dodged about , seeking a view between bushes . |
| 2 | Thornton had been pushing for the same sort of readership , and the two men had another thing in common — they wanted action . |
| 3 | Initially , she had been ostracised in some quarters , and on several occasions when she had arranged a soiree , rival parties had been arranged for the same night . |
| 4 | Inexplicably , two compulsory first-year lectures had been scheduled for the same day and time , and the error had only just been noticed . |
| 5 | But he stressed that no formal approach had been made for the former football ground . |
| 6 | My ‘ heavenly brother ’ was not a Sasse boy , but from the primary school in nearby Mutengene mission where I had been staying for a few days . |
| 7 | Armenia 's nuclear power station was closed in February 1989 because of earthquake fears , while construction of nuclear plants in Krasnodar and the Crimea had been terminated for the same reason , after popular protests and construction of several reactors of the Chernobyl type had also been halted . |
| 8 | Even more important was that the jungle habitat had been protected for the same reason . |
| 9 | It was unlikely that murder had been committed for a few pounds , but one could never be sure . |
| 10 | He believed Everett had been murdered for the same reason Cunningham did . |