Sentence examples similar to had was clear from inspiring English sources

I think what you had was clear-eyed politicians who were willing to take the risk of doing what the evidence told them to do, and that's unusual.

But his intentions had been clear.

The officers had been cleared.

The restaurant had been cleared of patrons.

A path had been cleared for them.

Again, the room had been cleared.

By last night, both had been cleared.

The camp had been cleared of 'superfluous' persons".

Not one new applicant had been cleared in time.

Both transactions had been cleared swiftly in the United States.

I had been cleared.