Example sentences of "had [be] [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any surplus votes they had are re-allocated to the candidate who gets the second preference . |
| 2 | I have already said that anathema had been pronounced over the Avant-garde from the beginning of the Thirties , and that made it very difficult for the avant-garde artists themselves , as well as for their families . |
| 3 | The third round of talks , in May , had been halted over the same issue [ see p. 38191 ] . |
| 4 | Communications were no doubt temporarily dislocated : our jam-packed train had been halted during the night owing to an air raid in the region . |
| 5 | The spring of 1915 thus found the Allies dug in opposite the German Army , which had been halted on the Marne . |
| 6 | It was reported that over-ripe tomatoes and some oldish eggs had been tossed at the door of two southern commercial stations , which was a smear tactic we deplored with emphasis . |
| 7 | He glanced out at a gang of starlings fighting over some breadcrumbs that had been tossed on the lawn . |
| 8 | A sprig of dā telo had been fixed above the lintel to protect the house from evil , and Kāli left it in place , carefully plastering around it . |
| 9 | Her claim failed because no date had been fixed for the ending of her employment . |
| 10 | We do not know precisely on what grounds , but it had already broken down by August 1093 , the date which had been fixed for the final settlement of differences between the kings of England and Scotland . |
| 11 | Her accusing eyes had been fixed on the solitary figure who 'd stood a little apart from the others , as if not sure of his right to be there . |
| 12 | He had not seen her enter because his attention had been fixed upon the well-ordered panoply of her retinue . |
| 13 | She had disliked Colin since their first meeting ; the relationship , at a glance , had been fixed in the stereotyped antagonism between newly acquired fiancée and slightly disreputable old schoolmate and drinking partner . |
| 14 | If no date had been fixed by the end of 1997 than the European System of Central Banks had to be established by July 1 , 1998 , and stage three would begin by Jan. 1 , 1999 , at the latest . |
| 15 | The manners which Topaz had been taught at the convent were good enough as a basis for acceptable behaviour , but she soon discovered that she had a great deal more to learn , and would also have to adopt a whole new set of values . |
| 16 | Those views she had been taught in the twenties while a young girl , that men do not love or respect , still less marry , women who have ‘ given themselves ’ to them , she had been obliged to revise . |
| 17 | He fell back into the pattern of helplessness in the face of distress that he had been taught in the cradle . |
| 18 | Léonie kept her hands outside the covers as she had been taught by the nuns at her primary school . |
| 19 | He was at Pickering castle from 8 to 22 August 1323 : an inquiry was held regarding venison trespasses in Pickering Forest since that forest had been forfeited to the Crown by the treason of the Earl of Lancaster' . |
| 20 | The Foreign Office said a list of 45 Britons who had visited the ranch recently and may still be there had been compiled with the help of U.S. immigration authorities and worried relatives . |
| 21 | Assuming the Turkey Pens had been situated at the rear of the house , he reckoned he was now heading for the outer fence somewhere off to the north side of the grounds . |
| 22 | Those results would suggest that the other tumours were in fact new tumours , rather than persistent tumours which had been missed at the first cystoscopy . |
| 23 | On Jan. 16 it was reported that an alliance had been struck between the PLO and Amal at the main flashpoint of the fighting at Iqlim al-Tofah . |
| 24 | She had been struck on the back of the head and strangled , said Mr Wakerley . |
| 25 | The MP vigorously denied assault and said he had been struck by the officer . |
| 26 | A month before he went up in 1897 his father 's first cousin ( and namesake ) had been struck by the lad 's awkward manners , silent gaucherie , unsuitable dress , and down-covered chin ; three years later Edward returned the visit in a colours blazer , accompanied by his wife and his eight-months-old son . |
| 27 | Ari had been struck by the smells of Arcady more than anything . |
| 28 | Lutyens had been struck by the emphasis she had placed on the word — and on her choice of it ; chaste was not a word Miss Jekyll usually employed when planning her gardens , and Lutyens bore it in mind throughout — hence the austerity to which he adhered on the terraces . |
| 29 | However , several people before him — Francis Bacon even — had been struck by the amazing correspondence between the coastlines of the African and South American continents . |
| 30 | On both occasions she had been struck by the contrast between on the one hand the beauty of the Bay itself , the islands , the fine buildings towards Posillipo and on the other the cramped and jumbled desperation of the mean and bustly streets immediately below her . |