Example sentences of "had [be] a large " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Conservatives ' worst performances , in contrast , came where they had a majority on the council and there had been a large increase in bills . |
| 2 | Our excavation of the foundations showed that the church had been a large one , just under 52 metres ( 168 feet ) square . |
| 3 | Being a late developer , I had been small and slim in comparison to most of my peers , and my appearance had been a large part of my character . |
| 4 | The secrecy that surrounded Emor had been a large part of its charm . |
| 5 | Griselda had been a large , heavy cat . |
| 6 | The Evergreens had been a large and comfortably rustic dwelling , too big and rambling to be a house but too small and unpretentious to be a mansion . |
| 7 | J.D. had told her on her last visit , when she had handed in the column she had just read , that there had been a large number of letters about Vesta 's contribution and he would be publishing some of them in the next issue . |
| 8 | In a report issued on May 30 the New York-based human rights organization Asia Watch claimed that there had been a large number of dissident trials in China during the previous six months . |
| 9 | The United States based organization Asia Watch reported in May 1991 that there had been a large number of secret trials of dissidents during the previous six months . |