Example sentences of "[pers pn] had be a strange " in BNC.

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1 It had been a strange place , Hostal America .
2 It had been a strange experience and he had felt how different this magical rite seemed compared with the church services he remembered from home .
3 Hari rubbed her hand over her eyes , it had been a strange day , an eventful one in which she had quite clearly made an enemy but perhaps she had also made a friend of Edward Morris .
4 It had been a strange conversation : Riverton was nervous , evasive .
5 Yes , it had been a strange episode , and not only were those people unaware of my name but I 'd like to bet they would fail to recognize me if they saw me again .
6 But I needed to tell someone , after all these years , and it had be a stranger of course .
7 His memories of Heather , bolstered by his possession of her photographs , had given him courage and hope , emotions to which he had been a stranger for more years than he cared to remember .
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