Example sentences of "[verb] be [verb] in [pos pn] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been foiled in his first attempt to reach it by the arrival of Jos , and ever since it had been impossible to get away unnoticed . |
| 2 | I had been selected in my second year at Eton , while I was still a Lower boy , to box against the Eton Mission from Hackney Wick in the East End of London . |
| 3 | Too much had been vested in his first family . |
| 4 | The Court recounted that Nicaragua 's declaration had been reproduced in its first Yearbook with a note explaining the situation . |
| 5 | The draft [ see pp. 38578-79 ] had been passed in its third and final reading by the military-appointed National Legislative Assembly ( NLA ) on Dec. 7 . |