Sentence examples for had not been present from inspiring English sources

This confirms eyewitness reports directly contradicting claims by the military that soldiers had not been present.

The boys did not attend the funeral, so Beard had not been present when his mother fainted.

But there was something else that had not been present for many years — some degree of suspense.

The lucky murderer had finally been caught, and the lucky detective had not been present when the capture was made.

The trial was also the first conducted by the country's federal criminal court in which the accused had not been present.

And he said that while technicians elected to call a certain baseline "negative," that did not necessarily mean cocaine had not been present.

Professor Davis had not been present at the courthouse, and witnesses testified that the guns had been bought to guard the Soledad Brothers' defense headquarters.

The Huffington Post noted a remarkable similarity between previously published writings and Bush's colourful anecdotes from events at which he had not been present.

But last January, a convicted murderer, Matias Reyes, announced that he alone had raped the jogger and that the teens who had confessed had not been present.

He said Mr. Buffett had not been present when the board discussed the measure, "but the members of the board have heard Warren's views on this".

General Kimmitt said he could not comment directly on the meeting between General Sanchez and General Karpinski, because he had not been present.