Sentence examples for had been readers from inspiring English sources

If Chen's captors had been readers of history, they might have predicted that he would not acclimate to limitations.

There had been readers of the philosophes in New France, and in Quebec French books and ideas always found at least a small audience.

If it had been, readers might not be daunted by its four pounds of information -- four pounds of, as it happens, very good and cleanly presented information.

Born into a well-read and educated family, Hambro developed a penchant for French literature, marking an incongruity to the literary taste of his parents they had been readers of English literature in the Anglo-American tradition.

And there have been readers who have been rather too convinced.

Emma hardly listens to her "prosing", and there have been readers who have likewise skipped the details of her speech.

Many of you who have been readers since the beginning may recall that DealBook was supposed to start publishing the week of Sept. 11, 2001.

Lewis's novel was an immediate best seller, on a scale that suggests that many of its potential targets must also have been readers.

Dr Brookner, aged 46, has been Reader at the Courtauld Institute since 1977, and is a fellow of New Hall, Cambridge.

What if every book for the past 500 years had been reporting its readers at headquarters?

His goal had been to show readers how to live a fulfilled, meaningful life.