Example sentences of "had be [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the captain heard that war had been declared he told the passengers that they were protected by international law , but he blacked out his ship as a precaution . |
| 2 | If no excuse had been sent he called on the parents , so truancy was kept to a minimum . |
| 3 | Until now he had been using one loaned to him by Christian . |
| 4 | When this had been done they made to go downstairs again , but I was in front of them going down two at a time . |
| 5 | He claimed he had been glue-sniffing which made him sexually aroused . |
| 6 | He had been asked what happened when he was making routine checks on a red Sierra car he and Special Constable Glenn Goodman , 37 , stopped on the A64 between York and Leeds last June . |
| 7 | PC Alexander Kelly , 32 , had been asked what happened when he was making routine checks on a red Sierra car which he and Special Constable Glenn Goodman , 37 , had stopped on the A64 between York and Leeds last June . |
| 8 | Prior to Miyazawa 's Korean visit fresh evidence had been uncovered which had caused public outrage both in Japan and elsewhere . |
| 9 | ‘ She was well known in Aspull and it had been said she had a heart of gold . ’ |
| 10 | Once everything had been checked I filled the vat with water and switched the pump on . |
| 11 | They both knew that a loss had been suffered which had to be apportioned between them , but there is nothing to show that they had any idea , let alone conflicting ideas , of what the correct apportionment should be . |
| 12 | It was established that the camera had been working and a video tape had been made which had been viewed by the police officers in charge of the case . |
| 13 | One indication that Richard was still maintaining a more aggressive attitude than his father lies in the fact that when the constable of Gisors killed a French knight in a skirmish which occurred after the truce had been made he thought it wiser to take refuge with Richard . |
| 14 | However , the results of an autopsy carried out by an Israeli and a US pathologist on Feb. 7 indicated that whilst Akawi had been beaten he had died as a result of a " cardiac insufficiency " brought on by a serious heart condition . |
| 15 | This was not done for imperial purposes , but once the navy had been developed it affected everything that happened in English policy . |
| 16 | Feeling dejected , she tried to push the questions from her mind , and as soon as the register formalities had been completed she left the office and went to see if she could assist Matt with the loading of the barbecue trailer . |
| 17 | None of these projects had been completed He ran hither and thither between the shelves of Eng . |
| 18 | After the results had been confirmed she attributed her victory to votes from the women of Ireland , who " instead of rocking the cradle rocked the system " . |
| 19 | After he had been accepted he trained in South Africa , and was then posted as a Flight Sergeant to Coastal Command . |
| 20 | By mid-century , a standard format had been devised which allowed a long-service civil servant to retire at a minimum age of 60 on a pension equal , at maximum , to two-thirds of his previous salary . |
| 21 | When it ended we moved out on to the palace balcony to watch a display of fireworks , the first to be given in the country ; but after two rockets had been fired something went wrong and the rest blew up . |
| 22 | After the van had been loaded it drove to another loading bay and backed up against a second wagon . |
| 23 | During the war , under Lloyd George , a policy had been pursued which combined vigorous prosecution of the war with all-round reconstruction on the home front . |
| 24 | By May 1946 a constitution had been drafted which suited the Communist-Socialist approach to politics , with a strong lower house of parliament . |
| 25 | When it had been screened you 'd got to be in there and the malted barley would come out of a big hole just big enough to get a comb-sack through ; and it used to run into a big heap ; and you 'd got to be inside there a-throwing on it back so it did n't bung up the hole . |
| 26 | Also a logical framework of definitions for the terms used had been established which demonstrated the consistency of the source . |
| 27 | Apart from the canvases which had been found they brought the gallery a number of landscapes as a gift . |
| 28 | Modigliani was plagued and anxious because of the difficulty of finding models , and when one had been found he waited in a state of tension for fear of being let down . |
| 29 | Whenever her family had been mentioned she looked as guilty as hell . |
| 30 | Instead , a number of short-term , palliative measures had been taken which gave the appearance that the problems were being addressed . |