Example sentences of "'d been [verb] [adv prt] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had a feeling they 'd been blocked off by the malais and had n't been able to go by the quickest route they wanted . |
| 2 | Erm yes , they er , they felt they 'd been let down by the Railway men , I think , or someone else at the beginning at the Strike , and they were out on a limb but er they 'd got to make the best of it . |
| 3 | William who was a widower told his son he could believe he 'd been taken in by the conmen . |
| 4 | The trap in Sam 's boathouse kept intruding and so did Angela Brickell ; the cold threat of khaki water that could rush into aching lungs to bring oblivion and the earthy girl who 'd been claimed back by the earth , eaten clean by earth creatures , become earth-digested dust . |
| 5 | Maybe he 'd been scared off by the snow and taken Caspar home . |