Example sentences of "had be some [adj] " in BNC.

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1 There had been some appalling bad luck at a place not far from Dunkerque called Furnes .
2 The figures for applications heard by a single Lord Justice and two and three Lords Justices went a long way to explaining why , despite the facts that the rate at which appeals were begun had shown little change over the years , there had been some small increase in judge-power and that major improvements had been made in the court 's procedures , the number of appeals outstanding at the end of each year and the lead times for hearing appeals showed no real improvement .
3 In years gone by there had been some clever dogs in Baldersdale .
4 She wondered if there had been some procedural delay in charging Theo Sykes .
5 There had been some good gangster films but the long-term significance of the genre lay really in its impact on contemporary American cinema generally , for it had taught Hollywood the dramatic possibilities of urban life .
6 Although there had been some good reports from other growers we were not happy with crop or , particularly , flavour when we first grew it last year — 1990 .
7 Nor do I imagine that Number 10 would have been overjoyed if it had been some young detective constable . ’
8 He led the way down the gangplank complaining vaguely to his friends that there had been some disgusting favouritism somewhere .
9 While Roel Pieper recognised that there had been some negative reaction to the merger both from Unix Labs employees and Unix Labs shareholders , as well as Unix International Inc members , he said that this was merely a human reaction to change and he felt confident that their talks in Japan and to Unix Labs members had a been able to address the concerns of Japanese customers regarding the Japanese market .
10 The offenders got off with unduly light sentences , and ugly rumours persisted that there had been some urgent covering-up by Deputies , and even Ministers , who had been embroiled .
11 There had been some authoritarian regimes that were also populist and had been sustained by votes not repressive force .
12 He 'd been ordered to report to the Ministry by his Adjutant , and either there had been some colossal mistake or he 'd been sent for under false pretences .
13 Nevertheless , there had been some ugly incidents .
14 There had been some notable public defections from the Thatcher camp by some of her erstwhile ardent supporters — including Edwina Currie and Emma Nicholson — but many MPs clearly feared possible retribution from their constituency parties , most of which were strongly supportive of Mrs Thatcher .
15 There had been some hefty wooden icons hanging up on the walls , and , if they had burnt , then there would have been something left of them lying around on the floor .
16 If only there had been some worked examples , we may have been able to follow the article .
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