Example sentences of "i had be [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had been warned of this , and was therefore able to take the extra engagements in my stride , and to enjoy the opportunity to visit varying institutions and talk to people of all positions on the academic scene . |
| 2 | It was as though I had been deprived of my rights , as elder sister , to the first go at something . |
| 3 | A few days earlier I had been thinking of calling my doctor to assess the chances of having my vasectomy reversed in order to save my marriage to Karen . |
| 4 | I had been thinking of having a War shortly , maybe in the next week or so , but with Eric probably going to make an appearance I had decided against it . |
| 5 | I saw that I was intended to be subject to people like these two , was doomed to marry Syl as surely as I had been born of my mother . |
| 6 | I had been dreaming of Cymbeline riding piggyback on my shoulders . |
| 7 | The sun I had been dreaming of was dark , and the real sun was nothing : nothing but what it was . |
| 8 | I said I understood this , but did not add that I had been told of the beauty of these women and their attention to make-up , of their fine skin and care for the traditional in their clothes and way of life . |
| 9 | Hardly had I uttered the word — or the phrase signifying it — than I felt within me the need to become what I had been accused of being … . |
| 10 | A military judge came to see me and read out the charges — I had been accused of stealing a car . |