Example sentences of "[noun prp] had been [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robert Trevor Jones , prosecuting , at Chester Crown Court , said Lound had been evicted from Valiant Close , Warrington because of rent arrears . |
| 2 | I was in Italy and read in the paper that Paul Van Kempen had been appointed as General Music Director in Aachen . |
| 3 | The trial of Winnie Mandela had been marked by intense media and public interest , and was widely seen as having brought about the collapse of her personal popularity among ANC followers . |
| 4 | If the Diamond Phoenix had been supplied with proper drivers it most probably would have done a little better , overtaking the Western Systems . |
| 5 | I can certainly agree with my hon. Friend — that incident was most regrettable , particularly in light of the fact that the human rights record of Indonesia had been improving in recent years . |
| 6 | The apothecary had lied and Lady Eleanor had been murdered by other means . |
| 7 | Tonight the Ministry of Defence confirmed Anne Scott had been charged with criminal damage . |
| 8 | While Edward had been preoccupied in northern France , the English position in Aquitaine had deteriorated . |
| 9 | I was in the Feathers the night Sandy MacAllister punched Laurence Uden on the nose for saying that Stanford Roberts had been drunk at poor old Sidney Cunningham 's funeral . ’ |
| 10 | According to Jordanian officials Hafez had been recruited in early 1990 during a training course in Germany when he was approached by a female agent for Mossad ( the Israeli intelligence service ) posing as a US civilian . |
| 11 | There was at an early stage evidence that D. had been subjected to violent injury . |
| 12 | The last of these was ironic , not to say cynical , for much of the manpower used in the building of the Valle de los Caídos had been provided by political prisoners , who were allowed to redeem part of their sentences in what was , effectively , a labour camp . |
| 13 | Throughout 1838 , Darwin had been allowing for Lyellian competitive defeats to extinguish some species before their predetermined ageing overcame them . |
| 14 | It was the first time that 36-year-old Gilbey had been seen in public since being named as the man on the phone in the love-tapes scandal . |
| 15 | England had been swamped in recent years by publications of every sort on birds , and Gould was not the only one to feel the pressure of increasing competition . |
| 16 | Kalm was very impressed by the stoves at Chelsea , ‘ all arranged in the way discribed in Dictionary ’ , and he learned from Miller that two orangeries in England had been burnt by tan overheating ( the fermenting bark of the oak and a by-product from the tanning industry ) . |
| 17 | Faye had been taken to Labour and Delivery , where she waited in a private room for Dr Greene 's arrival . |
| 18 | The next morning the Prior brought a letter for Corbett ; a simple note which said that Benstede had been attacked by unknown assailants the previous morning , that he was safe but advised Corbett to be most cautious . |
| 19 | Indeed , all three contenders for the leadership had been accused of such involvement at one point or another : Watanabe 's staff had been deeply implicated in the Recruit affair , and Mitsuzuka had been linked with other scandals involving illegal fund-raising activities for the LDP . |
| 20 | Blackpool had been experimenting with extensive rebuilding of the Marton and Motherwell cars , but the confines of Blundell Street Depot limited the scope of such activities . |
| 21 | I tried to look pleased when she told me that Prentice had been ringing at half-hourly intervals since mid-afternoon and had left a multiple-choice list of numbers where I could get him that evening . |
| 22 | it is clear from the statement of claim that the er plaintiffs retained the defendants from about the ninth of September to act in relation to the purchase of this wine bar which was then known as er the plaintiffs were obtaining finance from the National Westminster Bank in order to purchase this business and the plaintiff Mr had been engaged in long standing discussions with his bank from the earlier part of nineteen eighty five with a view to er agreeing financing facilities for the purchase of the various opportunities that preven present themselves and er he will say and that he makes clear in his witness statement erm that he certainly had understood that from these negotiations the National Westminster Bank were prepared to provide the financing that he required to run this business . |
| 23 | Gen. V. Dovgan , a senior military-industrial administrator , had been dismissed and stripped of his rank after it had been revealed that he informally approved the sale of the tanks to ANT , and Deputy Aviation Industry Minister Anatoly Bratukhin had been dismissed for gross violation of arms export regulations . |
| 24 | With hips at 44.5 inches and thighs at 25 inches , it was no wonder Rudolph had been complaining about excess baggage . |
| 25 | A commission headed by B. P. Mandal had been established in late 1978 to investigate the conditions of the socially and educationally backward classes ( SEBCs ) . |
| 26 | Darlington magistrates were told Mr Siddle had been suffering from clinical depression triggered by business problems . |
| 27 | Darlington magistrates were told Mr Siddle had been suffering from clinical depression triggered by business problems . |
| 28 | Mrs Jonker , of Southport , said Miss Owen had been sacked for gross misconduct after written and verbal warnings . |
| 29 | Originally , some 424 acres ( 170 hectares ) of land in Cramlington had been designated for industrial development . |
| 30 | Israel had been subjected to similar harsh international criticism when it had last deported a group of Palestinian activists , in May 1991 [ see p. 38213 ] . |