Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] been [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been expecting a great hall with a giant round table , towering turrets , a moat and a drawbridge , but , of course , it turned out to be a ruin . |
| 2 | co-ordinates up , erm , you know , I have n't yet had contact from er no , I thought I 'd been given a new name , but , no I have n't had con any contact from my new co-ordinator yet , erm , but that was n't in my mind when I spoke on Thursday about Christmas , perhaps I ought to pursue that one in time for the next meeting and see what 's happening in South Africa and are getting it in South America for . |
| 3 | I 'd been writing a monthly column for Options as long as I 'd been writing at all . |
| 4 | If I 'd been doing a pukka delivery , I could just have carried straight on virtually due north and come to City Road . |
| 5 | I 'd been applying a special cream to his ankles which was supposed to harden the skin , but it did n't seem to do much good . |
| 6 | I have no compass to tell me what I am destined for ; and yet , when I look back , everything seems to fit as well together as if I 'd been following a benevolent daimon all along … |
| 7 | He turned out to be an inspector of taxes with whom I had been conducting a mini back-duty enquiry and which was in the concluding stages . |
| 8 | My mate and I had been given a long list of names , of Bulawayo people we should meet . |
| 9 | Prior to the patrol I had been given a verbal briefing on the night 's events . |
| 10 | I had been swimming a long time that first Sunday , far out in the bay , and he could easily have slipped the things on to the Bourani end of the beach while I was in the water . |
| 11 | Before I knew where I was , I had been wagered a great deal of money that I could not do it , and shortly before midnight I was leaving the hallowed portals of Ronnie Scott 's Club . |
| 12 | In those days I had been doing a good deal of drawing ; and , having come under Wyndham Lewis 's influence , I took my Vorticist efforts round to the Master , and , to my surprise , I found that he thought quite well of them . |
| 13 | I had been promised a gripping afternoon 's shoot in the Locarno Gents ( where the original play was entirely set ) . |
| 14 | So if you 'd been given a free choice , you would n't have given your sweets to your brother , would you ? |
| 15 | But , on getting her act together later the next day , Laura had been appalled to discover that not only had Ross already left for Australia — but she 'd been given a small attic room next to the children 's nursery . |
| 16 | But er I mean er she , she was in a perfect position to do it , I mean she 'd been retired a long time , she was in good health and obviously an annuity would be perfect for her er where it would n't be for a younger person , so I mean life annuities not got . |
| 17 | As soon as she 'd entered the hotel she 'd been handed a white envelope containing a fax message . |
| 18 | She had been wearing a light cotton shirt with a dark blue skirt . |
| 19 | They were beautiful , these Andalucían horses , and she had been given a long lecture on the subject by Ana , who seemed to be an expert . |
| 20 | Although in law a female fiancée can enter Britain quite freely ( without an entry certificate ) she had been held up , questioned again and again , and late in the evening she had been given a sexual examination by officials who she thought might be doctors . |
| 21 | She had been given a plain black dress with a crisp white apron and a mob-cap . |
| 22 | She had been called a despicable woman , a scarlet creature , a hussy , a jessy , and on the occasions when her father had taken drink , much worse . |
| 23 | Her earlier fears had faded and she thought how foolish she had been to let a ridiculous fancy disturb her happiness . |
| 24 | I was sure she had been holding a small phial with the letters ‘ SUL ’ written on it . |
| 25 | She had been expecting a small , dusty room filled with paintings draped in cloths that were thick with dust , where air would have a musty scent of old canvas and decay . |
| 26 | She is seen to suffer for what she did , and Mary , the other sister , likewise ‘ paid heavily ’ : let down by an Indian student with whom she had been having a long affair . |
| 27 | She claimed she had been having a passionate affair with Mary Jo 's husband Joey , 36 . |
| 28 | She had been having a little innocent fun . |
| 29 | True to the word , she had been adding a full bottle to her small garden pond on a weekly basis , for the past month . |
| 30 | She had been rehearsing a new song on the way to the Ritz , but did n't know who wrote it . |