Example sentences of "[vb past] be [vb pp] [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And an RUC Special Branch officer had been beaten up a few weeks previously after going to meet his UFF informer in Belfast 's York Road district . |
| 2 | After he 'd been offered the job Archie had been taken over the new building to see the general layout . |
| 3 | Although some remedial work had been carried out the first major improvement was made in 1710 with the completion of a new stone pier . |
| 4 | There they had been born , their wicker bassinette had been bumped down the shallow flight of steps to the pavement by their trim nursemaid , young men had called , but not one of the three tall sisters had emerged from the house as a bride . |
| 5 | She had been brought up a good Church of England girl — she knew the drill . |
| 6 | She had been brought up a Unitarian , but about the time of her brother 's death she decided to become a Roman Catholic . |
| 7 | Born in nearby Berkeley , Renee had been brought up the hard way . |
| 8 | Coffee had been brought in a huge white porcelain pot and matching white cups arranged around the white-painted table that stood at the edge of a huge paved terrace overlooking the endless sparkling blue sea . |
| 9 | Mr Goldring told the jury on the second day of the trial , which is expected to last for three months , that Bradley had been put on an intravenous drip but in the early hours of the next morning he shouted out , complaining of pain around the drip site . |