Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] had [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trainees at Harvard Securities were not in practice made to send out details on stocks to clients they were pitching who had n't dealt three times , as all dealers were supposed to . |
| 2 | While they were walking they had not been able to see it , because there were hills in the way ; but now they saw that the cottage was really built on a cliff , and down below them was a small bay . |
| 3 | Once more things were happening she had not caused to happen but now there was a difference and she sat with her back to the tree trying to discover what the difference was . |
| 4 | A number of hazards were revealed which had not been specifically predicted but which needed to be taken into account in designing the main research project . |
| 5 | Today Oxford magistrates were told he had not told the authorities who was driving , or filled in a means test form . |
| 6 | Teesside Magistrates were told he had not entered plans with Middlesbrough council , had failed to give notice of work being carried out and had not made the foundations big enough or deep enough . |
| 7 | Retrospectively an additional 16 eligible patients were identified who had not been recruited . |
| 8 | But when it came to the British people , who it was claimed he had so dreadfully harmed , the court went into secret session . |
| 9 | he told her that even if he was caught he had now enough money to get her , police monitoring calls to the Shipway 's office traced the call within seconds to a phone box at the service station on the A one at Groinby near Gran Grantham Lan , Lincolnshire , police cars arrived at the call box only minutes after the kidnapper had left |
| 10 | She could not speak , indeed , it was said she had not spoken for decades , though once she had been a singer and made up songs that others learned after her and still sang . |
| 11 | At his trial it was revealed he had previously been involved in an incident whilst working as a door supervisor when another person died . |
| 12 | Then started the discussion about where to store it until the inevitable happened , during the course of which the doorbell rang and an elderly neighbour was revealed who had kindly called to introduce himself and to ask if there was anything he could do to help me , as he had heard my husband was ill in hospital . |
| 13 | While his strength was ebbing he had hurriedly given instructions for his treatment to his daughter and the native dispenser from his ward . |
| 14 | The court was told he had also been expelled from the Air Training Corps , ‘ something he held very dear ’ . |
| 15 | In their recall task the subjects were asked to watch the silent film , and then a deaf or hearing person was introduced who had not seen the film . |
| 16 | It was more than five years since she had seen him and she was saying he had n't changed . |
| 17 | A similar-aged comparison group of women was found who had also participated in a previous study . |
| 18 | The peculiar mixed course he was doing he had always had doubts about . |
| 19 | His objective was to demonstrate what had already been proved in the U.S.A. with the PCC car , that a really modern tram could compete successfully with a bus and other modes of transport . |
| 20 | What their Lordships find still more important in this case is that important evidence was adduced which had not been foreshadowed in the depositions . |
| 21 | Then , just as she was thinking she had better sound battle stations because he did n't look best pleased by what he saw , he suggested affably , ‘ Come on in , take a seat , ’ and indicated a chair at the other side of his desk . |