Example sentences of "[vb past] been [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she 'd been born at a better time and there were arts councils and they had been good to her . |
| 2 | It was as if she 'd been calling on a dead line to an empty building . |
| 3 | I 'd been thinking for a long time that I 'd welcome the chance to talk with a psychiatrist , although not about captivity — I felt I 'd worked my way through that enough — but about my past and how I came to be the person I was when I was taken hostage . |
| 4 | It was gone in a moment , but briefly she 'd been filled with a sudden , oddly urgent desire to know more about him . |
| 5 | And he would ask a few questions , say he 'd been looking for a few hours . |
| 6 | If we 'd been looking for an easy acquaintance with nature , we would have chosen a different landscape : something lusher and more intricate , not this bleak and famished hillside on the Atlantic 's edge . |
| 7 | ‘ They all looked as though they 'd been written at a different time from the rest of the notes on the cards . |
| 8 | Luce froze , realising how easily she 'd been lulled into a false sense of security . |
| 9 | Subconsciously , she realised , she 'd been hoping for a ready answer , an explanation which would clear her niggling doubts … |
| 10 | He 'd been funny , telling stories against himself of fiascos he had survived in the theatre , and he 'd been flattering in a subtle way . |
| 11 | What would these people think , I wondered , if they knew he 'd been living like an Apache most of his life and right up until a little while ago ? |
| 12 | Then , three nights later , she 'd been visited by an erotic dream that regularly haunted her . |
| 13 | She 'd been killed by an electric shock . |
| 14 | But now I 've been drug-free for over a year erm but I 'd been trying for a few year before that and had nay managed to succeed . |
| 15 | No , not just one day , as I said , I 'd been trying for a few |
| 16 | ‘ You sound as if I 'd been gone for a few hours and forgot to leave you a note . ’ |
| 17 | Hugh was not an absolutely brilliant solicitor but he knew when he 'd been out-manoeuvred by a ruthless opponent . |
| 18 | and erm as usual this was erm , this created a bit of controversy because erm temporary staff , according to the reading of the minute , did n't er , were n't entitled to war bonus because erm , they 'd been appointed at a certain salary and er that was that and er , but in the end we managed to get our war bonus as well so we were on equal pegging with the , with the other staff . |
| 19 | ‘ They pretended that Paul was hit by a ricochet , but the evidence was clear that he 'd been hit by a direct shot . |
| 20 | The fog lifted and the house became filled with a babble of excitable people , few of whom spoke English and who all arrived at once because they 'd been waiting for a clear passage . |
| 21 | Ted jerked up like a man who 'd been zapped with a thousand volts . |
| 22 | Used to creating and presenting ideas to a wide variety of clients , she 'd grown proud of her capacity to keep her head under pressure , yet from the moment she 'd crossed the threshold of this impressive room she 'd been put at a distinct disadvantage . |
| 23 | They 'd been typed on an old portable with a faded ribbon , so badly laid out that it was obvious Diane was no typist . |
| 24 | In fact , the day before the I Love Lucy St Patrick 's Day , she 'd been told of a good job with the British Council in the Gilbert Islands . |
| 25 | A farmer facing thirty four charges of animal cruelty could n't appear in court today because he 'd been admitted to a psychiatric hospital . |
| 26 | So , you did so many miles per hour , we calculated , you would have done so many miles if you 'd been going for a full hour at that speed , so your dis your , your speed , velocity really but we 'll call it speed , right ? |
| 27 | They 'd said he 'd been caught in a heliborne ambush and killed in hand to hand combat by a malai captain . |
| 28 | He 'd been corresponding with a local cricket scribe for five years before the trip and had recruited two current Test cricketers in Roy Minnett and Gerry Hazlitt , the dashing Dockers , Cyril and Philip , and an adonis figure in Norman Ebbsworth . |
| 29 | He sprang up at once and made for the door as if he 'd been propositioned by a dirty old man in a public convenience . |
| 30 | So far , he 'd been driving in a one-car team and in that situation , there is no way of knowing who is quick . |