Example sentences of "[noun pl] had been [verb] with a " in BNC.
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| 1 | After £2,067 had been handed over to the District , branches had been left with a net income of £1,492 , just one pound less than the £1,493 spent on publicity , room rents and other local organisation and administration . |
| 2 | He said his flat on the estate had been robbed by a man whose knees had been smashed with a baseball bat after falling foul of a loan shark . |
| 3 | The buttons of her cardigan were correctly done up and the collar flattened neatly , the zip of the skirt was in its proper place at the side and her tattered bedroom slippers had been replaced with a tidy pair of court shoes , the wrong colour for the skirt . |
| 4 | Once his officers had been provided with a comprehensive register of the homages and other obligations of Gascon vassals , Edward could set about the task of governing his duchy with some confidence . |
| 5 | The official newspaper of the Communist Youth League had reportedly been criticized for publishing investigative reports against party orders , and its editors had been threatened with a period in the country . |
| 6 | At the far end of the room , close to where tables had been laid with an appetising buffet , she noticed a smooth archway . |
| 7 | The Aasen band provided music , the local choir , including young children , sang for us , Trygve Lian , chairman of the organising committee , presented a slide show of local views and after all the veterans had been introduced with a brief synopsis of their parts in the raids , speeches and presentations were made . |
| 8 | The fact that all three babies had been born with an incurable heart condition was characteristic of the Rollerson side of the family , but Maud preferred to blame her husband , and the marriage suffered as a consequence . |
| 9 | James Harper , defending , said Colling believed his drinks had been spiked with a narcotic substance which caused his violent behaviour . |
| 10 | Beyond him was the blank , windowless side of the house , smooth and flat , as if the row of houses had been sliced with a cheese-cutter . |
| 11 | He was in shirtsleeves , and the shirt did not fit him very well , the buttoned cuffs hanging down over his wrists , like a schoolboy 's whose clothes had been purchased with a view to his ‘ growing into ’ them . |