Example sentences of "['s] [noun] had been [verb] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the close of hostilities that evening A.H.Q. Malta issued a communique stating that since the beginning of the fighting over the island , Malta 's defences had been credited with 132 destroyed , 44 probably destroyed and 58 damaged for the loss of 29 fighters , ten of the pilots having been saved . |
| 2 | Luke telephoned her early to tell her , tersely , what time he would fetch her that night , and although she put a frigid resentment into her voice Maria did n't demur , since it was in their public , professional capacities that the radio station 's personnel had been issued with complimentary tickets to the first Taiwanese appearance of a fairly famous American singer . |
| 3 | After Jo 's hair had been shampooed with Igora Colour Care Mildly Moisturising hair bath , Ian mixed the Botanic colour with hot water . |
| 4 | The Afghan government claimed that Tanay 's action had been planned with the help of numerous accomplices . |
| 5 | Leon Trotsky protested with his dying breath that he had been shot , not stabbed , even though Stalin 's killer had been caught with the ice-pick still in his hand . |
| 6 | If my godson 's picture had been hinged with this we would have to had to learn to live with the stain . |
| 7 | It dawned on Loretta that the latter half of Bridget 's remark had been to do with Puddephat 's taste in footwear , not the object she was holding . |
| 8 | Chairman John Haynes said the group 's performance had been achieved with little help from either the UK or the US economies ( although the latter was showing a significant increase in retail spending in the fourth quarter ) : turnover was up by less than 2% to £11.1m . |
| 9 | ‘ Father , when it became known that Saint Winifred 's relics had been loaded with the timber for Ramsey , when there was no longer any doubt of how it came there — for we knew , every man of us , that there was none , for who else could it have been ? — then I was burning with anger against the thief who had dared such sacrilege against her , and such a gross offence against our house . |
| 10 | A correspondent for the Reuters news agency described a scene of desolation , reporting that the city 's streets had been strewn with rotting corpses . |
| 11 | Unlike the St Albans relic ( the remains of Beaufort 's nephew ) , the Duke of Exeter 's face had been covered with cerecloth ; the hair was in perfect condition , as was the flesh in general . |