Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] be [verb] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would assume that I had been detained scrubbing the floors of the kitchens at Grindlewood Park . |
| 2 | They 'd been seen boarding the street-car with Joey still asking — ‘ Where 's Noreen ? ’ |
| 3 | Vessels from the cemeteries in north-east England , Baston and Elsham ( Lincolnshire ) , and Sancton ( East Yorkshire ) were found to have fabrics specific to the respective cemeteries , although they had been decorated using the same set of dies . |
| 4 | I was told he 'd been spotted playing the fruit machines at lunch-time . |
| 5 | Colt knew that the target was a thief , that he had been observed entering the Syrian Embassy when that Embassy was under regular Iraqi surveillance . |
| 6 | The little man roared with laughter and it evidently pleased him for he went about afterwards telling the Cabinet that ’ he had been caught telling the truth ’ . ’ |