Example sentences of "had [be] [vb pp] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of devices recovered after the second tip-off had been hidden only a short distance from Shell offices at Hill of Rubislaw , sealed off after the morning bomb scare . |
| 2 | The first raider had been downed only a short while earlier by Archie McKellar , who saw the attacker crash into the Lothians . |
| 3 | She had been brought up a good Church of England girl — she knew the drill . |
| 4 | She had been brought up a Unitarian , but about the time of her brother 's death she decided to become a Roman Catholic . |
| 5 | Coffee had been brought in a huge white porcelain pot and matching white cups arranged around the white-painted table that stood at the edge of a huge paved terrace overlooking the endless sparkling blue sea . |