Example sentences of "[noun] had been [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instrument zu singen gesetzt ( Königsberg , 1638–50 ) which enjoyed enormous popularity ; by 1652 the first five Teile had reached their third or fourth editions and a number of separate songs had been republished in other people 's miscellanies . |
| 2 | Last night Hampshire police confirmed that two fans had been charged with public order offences . |
| 3 | The giant ground sloths and armadillos of the past were clearly South American in character , showing that this continent had been populated by unique families of animals over a vast period of time . |
| 4 | Robert Trevor Jones , prosecuting , at Chester Crown Court , said Lound had been evicted from Valiant Close , Warrington because of rent arrears . |
| 5 | In their study of 115 rape victims , Burgess and Holmstrom found that vaginal penetration by the penis had been accompanied by forced fellatio in 22 per cent . |
| 6 | The three parties had disagreed on major issues and the coalition had been undermined by national discontent over recent austerity measures . |
| 7 | But Mr Foster said yesterday he knew of situations in other parts of the country where waiting lists had been reduced by unacceptable tactics . |
| 8 | I was in Italy and read in the paper that Paul Van Kempen had been appointed as General Music Director in Aachen . |
| 9 | It claimed that very few of those who had died in the violence had been killed by traditional weapons , that 75 per cent of deaths were caused by bullets and 20 per cent by hacking with weapons which could not be described as traditional . |
| 10 | If these ten poorest readers had been selected for remedial teaching during the six-month period a ( probably ) spurious improvement in spelling would be inferred . |
| 11 | I remembered reading about the protests over Club Row just north of Spitalfields ' market , where a street market in animals had been held since Victorian times . |
| 12 | She found that muddy brown eyes had been replaced by alert blue ones . |
| 13 | The eyes had been used to great effect as Queen Gertrude , Imogen , Portia , and Lady Macbeth . |
| 14 | The trial of Winnie Mandela had been marked by intense media and public interest , and was widely seen as having brought about the collapse of her personal popularity among ANC followers . |
| 15 | If the Diamond Phoenix had been supplied with proper drivers it most probably would have done a little better , overtaking the Western Systems . |
| 16 | Unlike its neighbours which were built of local stone , the vicarage had been encased in grey stucco early in its life . |
| 17 | Whereas in Britain ( and Sweden ) , the state controlled the Church , feudalism had ended well before it generally disappeared elsewhere in Europe , and manhood suffrage had been extended to large sections of the population — unlike most continental countries where it was attained only at a later date , sometimes not until the early part of the present century . |
| 18 | This wave of opposition had been echoed in Muslim and Third World countries . |
| 19 | On Sept. 18 it was reported that in the previous week five truck drivers had been killed by armed groups , probably of the Afar clan , on the road from the port of Assab to Addis Ababa . |
| 20 | I can certainly agree with my hon. Friend — that incident was most regrettable , particularly in light of the fact that the human rights record of Indonesia had been improving in recent years . |
| 21 | Not that the air was very bad anywhere now since most of the roof had been removed by round shot and considerable holes had been made in the walls . |
| 22 | All the lead from the roof had been stolen by official vandals , and bushes were growing through the floor of the entrance hall . |
| 23 | The United Somali Congress ( USC ) , which drew its support from the Hawiye clan of central Somalia , launched an offensive in late December , while the largest rebel group , the northern-based Somali National Movement ( SNM ) , dismissed as " futile " a government announcement on Dec. 26 that political parties had been legalized with immediate effect . |
| 24 | Now computers had been added to natural incompetence , and Cyril the Systems was on the edge of a nervous breakdown . |
| 25 | The apothecary had lied and Lady Eleanor had been murdered by other means . |
| 26 | Only the Jews were descended from Adam and only the Jews had been contaminated with original sin as a consequence of Eve 's disobedience . |
| 27 | I was no closer to knowing the selection procedure , as my conversations about this with the other recruits had been based on mere speculation and gossip . |
| 28 | Supporters had been split into regional groups throughout the country , and John and Joan Bohanna 's Merseyside Regional Group directly confronted Pilger , telling him that ‘ ultimate NoS editorial control rests not with the editor , or the Board of Directors , but the Founders ’ , and the editor would have to do their bidding at all times . |
| 29 | They alleged widescale vote rigging and claimed that the names of opposition supporters had been excluded from electoral lists . |
| 30 | Tonight the Ministry of Defence confirmed Anne Scott had been charged with criminal damage . |