Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] have been [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | His name was , but I found he 'd been lodging in a house in Road close to the railway station . |
| 2 | He believed he had been booked in the corresponding match against Lithuania in Belfast last year — or possibly against Albania . |
| 3 | She had a skullcracker of a headache , and guessed she 'd been opened in several places by knifecuts , branded in others by dollops of fire . |
| 4 | Her words sliced through Shannon like burning arrows , but only a faint staining of her cheeks showed she 'd been affected in the slightest . |
| 5 | Once there he held a much-publicised news conference during which he ridiculed American intelligence and claimed he had been held in captivity by the CIA . |
| 6 | COPREFA later retracted this statement , recognized she was a human rights worker and decided she had been caught in the cross-fire when she died . |
| 7 | ‘ I felt I 'd been caught in some street scam . |
| 8 | You 'd met my father and mother , you knew I 'd been raised in a very repressed , almost Victorian household . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought I had been booked in one of the earlier matches at Windsor Park but I was n't certain , ’ said the Queen 's Park Rangers centre back . |
| 10 | ‘ Leith Everett , ’ she stated down the phone , and soon knew she had been living in a fool 's paradise these last few hours . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought we had been hit in the starboard wing ’ , said the pilot F/O M G Johnson , of Geelong , Victoria , Australia . |
| 12 | Harry knew he 'd been hit in the aircraft , feeling now the wetness of blood inside his shirt and trousers , although the wounds did n't hurt , only causing numbness . |
| 13 | Moreover , Vincentius admitted he had been educated in the area around the Middle Sea where Sir Ralph and the others had also served . |
| 14 | Attention was first drawn to them in 1988 when a 17-year-old resident complained she had been held in continuous confinement for seven weeks and forcibly injected with a sedative . |
| 15 | ‘ She said she had been locked in a flat in Moston for about a week and had been injected with drugs during that time . |
| 16 | The faculty denied having discriminated against her and said she had been treated in the same way as all others seeking membership of the bar . |
| 17 | Alina said she 'd been raised in the country . |
| 18 | The Ministry of Defence denied it had been hit in a missile exercise . |
| 19 | Mr Justice Johnson , who jailed the 37year-old Marquess for failing to pay £10,534 to his estranged wife Becky , said he had been acting in excess of his powers when he imposed the sentence . |
| 20 | Nineteen year old Joseph from South London said he 'd been acting in self defence , and he was cleared of murdering Bob who 'd challenging him with a hammer when he found him slashing car tyres . |
| 21 | Nineteen year old Joseph from South London said he 'd been acting in self defence . |
| 22 | Another unemployed divorcee said he 'd been sitting in his room late one night talking with a fellow inmate : |