Example sentences of "[vb past] not [be] [vb pp] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The woman , in her sixties from England , had not been named last night .
2 Because she had been detached from it at the most traumatic moments , she had not been caused any distress but was well able to see how the combination of Daniel 's various experiences could have led to her phobia about water .
3 I was not given the run of the pavillon and I took it that , since I had not been extended this facility , I was not welcome to it .
4 The arbitrator stated that the elderly couple in question had been sold an unsuitable product and had not been given adequate risk warnings .
5 She had not been given any choice in the matter .
6 The 22-year-old , in a coma since he was injured during the FA Cup semi-final at the Sheffield Wednesday ground on April 15 , 1989 , had not been given artificial help to survive since February 22 .
7 In the Federal Court , Beaumont J. held that the Cabinet decision to nominate Stage 2 for listing was void since the owners of the mining rights had not been accorded natural justice before the decision to list the area .
8 It had been a very different story with the earlier sell-off of the hotels where the managers ' interest had not been shown proper respect .
9 And then they had all hooted with laughter and teased him mercilessly when they 'd arrived , because she had n't been seen all evening and they knew he was deeply disappointed .
10 The parents had n't been offered any sort of advice or counselling ; they had all received a letter from Paul Lee inviting them to come and talk to his department , but no one had offered them any information about their children ; if they wanted that they had to ring up the department and ask for it .
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