Example sentences of "[vb past] been [verb] [adv prt] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the late nineteenth century , debts had been run up due to the club moving premises twice , plus a falling-off of spectators . |
| 2 | However , the attack , which was thought to have been planned for Kiechle 's 60th birthday party on March 3 in Bavaria , had not taken place and a further letter from the RAF stated that it had been called off due to a " mistake in co-ordination " . |
| 3 | It had been saddled up ready for him and as Li Yuan stood there , it turned its head curiously , its large dark eyes meeting the prince 's as if it knew its new owner . |
| 4 | Basically er the broad overall description would be to compensate for the conditions that the tenants had been living in prior to the move . |
| 5 | At the USAF base virtually all buildings were razed to the ground , though seventy of the 72 F-16s stationed there had been flown out prior to the hurricane striking . |
| 6 | Progress had been held up due to a national dispute involving water companies . |
| 7 | I hardly remember what Mrs Girdlestone looked like , other than that she was plump and elderly , and gave an impression of being prepared for battle ; but I was touched when I saw the tea that had been laid out ready for me , imagining the two ladies conferring about the slices of bought ham , the thin bread-and-butter , and the bought cake . |
| 8 | The budget , which was subject to a Knesset vote later in the year and which assumed US Congressional approval of fresh loan guarantees [ see p. 37749 ] had been drawn up contrary to recommendations by Finance Minister Itzhak Moda'i for a US$470 million cut in the military budget . |
| 9 | Wallace , who had been playing up front with McClair to no devastating effect , moved out to his usual position on the left wing , with similar results . |