Example sentences of "[Wh det] had [be] on " in BNC.

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1 Many of the villages which had been on the line of march were still depressed ; Hurstpierpoint was worth a third of what it had paid in the days of the Confessor .
2 At the Victorian picture sales at Sotheby 's on 12 November and Christie 's on 13 November , buyers tended to stay away from works which had been on the market in recent years .
3 A number of museums wanted the works , some of which had been on loan to The Metropolitan .
4 Roof trusses , which had been on a two week delivery when we enquired , were three to four weeks delivery when we ordered them .
5 UPH 's shareholders may wonder why Desmond spent £4.4m of their money on a site which had been on offer for £2.7m .
6 The news broadcast had moved on to other matters now ; the loss of contact between Earth Central and a Space Fleet flotilla which had been on its way to intercept a supposed alien fleet near Epsilon Eridani .
7 The rail tanker , which had been on route from Ince to Sellafield , was quickly moved into sidings while fire crews and specialists from Kemira , who were transporting the nitric acid , were called in .
8 The rail tanker , which had been on route from Ince to Sellafield , was quickly moved into sidings while fire crews and specialists from Kemira , who were transporting the nitric acid , were called in .
9 Whatever had been on its prow was now gone , sheared off when the sleek vessel had been driven among the trees .
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