Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] been [verb] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then all of a sudden my enthusiasm had been replaced with deep anxiety and apprehension for what actually lay ahead of me . |
| 2 | Over the past three years my department has been collaborating with a training programme for general practitioners based at the Conceicao Hospital in Porto Alegre , a large city in the southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul with a population of around 1.5 million . |
| 3 | Since you left me so abruptly , my mind has been teeming with a whole variety of things I 'd like to do to you . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Every step in my plan has been taken with the Divine help ’ |
| 5 | It was n't that I was doubting my faith or denying the reality of my becoming a Christian , but rather that , though I had genuinely believed ten years earlier , my commitment had been intertwined with the emotional comfort of sharing the beliefs and way of life of my family and certain friends . |
| 6 | ‘ Members of my church have been working with ACET since it started 3 years ago . |
| 7 | ‘ I have good security , and no other horse in my yard has been interfered with before . |
| 8 | Before Nathan entered , her mind had been filled with the prospect of playing Lady Macbeth at last , and to all appearance she might still have been thinking of nothing but that . |
| 9 | Her mind had been occupied with things like the freezing point of soda water or the melting point of cheese ; later on it became the non-revolutionary redistribution of the means of production and the alternate vote . |
| 10 | When her body was discovered on waste ground in Hertfordshire her neck had been crushed with great force . |
| 11 | In those days , too , she had been afraid of Gareth Davis , but her fear had been tinged with an awareness of his overt masculinity . |
| 12 | A psychiatrist who helped former hostages to overcome their ordeal has been presented with a People of the Year award . |
| 13 | Her body had been fused with concrete , plastic , plaster and steel . |
| 14 | Her place had been set with a wreath of holly , adorned with a place card on which Richard had laboriously written ‘ Miss Abbitt ’ in scarlet ink with a liberal spattering of blots . |
| 15 | The fact was that for many years she and her father had been living with a dangerous illusion ; and the illusion was that they were entirely virtuous in their endeavours , entirely on the angels ' side . |
| 16 | The House of Detention held dangerous men behind bars , some of them Irish , and she remembered how her father had been threatened with it when he 'd been caught causing trouble . |
| 17 | Under their new artistic director , Jean-Paul Comelin , their repertoire has been strengthened with classics such as Firebird , and great guest choreographers such as Paul Taylor — both to be seen in this powerful Festival season . |
| 18 | Her daughter had been sleeping with boys , and men since she was fourteen . |
| 19 | Hurrying away on her next mission , Nicandra felt quietly elated because the little act of kindness in donating her scone had been accepted with so much pleasure and a thoughtful reservation for breakfast . |
| 20 | A further solicitor 's letter informed Brenda that the Sharmas believed Robbie to be their dog ( they claimed his fur had been dyed ! ) , and that their bitch had been exchanged with another before the inspection . |
| 21 | It shows the customers that their account has been credited with the amount involved . |
| 22 | The ministry revealed that in experiments one pig had developed spongiform encephalopathy after its brain had been injected with BSE-infected tissue from a cow brain . |
| 23 | Meanwhile their investigation had received help from Roxie Farmer 's reluctant admission that her brother had been staying with her , and that he had gone off one day , borrowing her former husband 's bike , and had come back with blood on him . |
| 24 | It was also reported that two of the three men on trial with Talb or members of their family had been seen with Dalkammoni . |
| 25 | I asked the proprietor of an antique shop with Byzantine and Roman artefacts on display ( see photo ) if anything in his window has been found with a metal detector . |
| 26 | Tests showed his confession had been tampered with . |
| 27 | His point had been proved with spectacular success . |
| 28 | In the course of about twenty-four hours Ed Riverton had been brutally exterminated in Finland — and his wife had been eliminated with equal brutality in East Anglia , over a thousand miles away . |
| 29 | But by the time a baby boy grows up , his head has been stuffed with myths and taboos , and the idea that in sexual matters , the man always knows best ! ’ |
| 30 | All the same , his anger had been tempered with thoughts of Claudine with Bernard , and Jenna sat silently , moodily contemplating the trees until they turned into the track to the house . |