Example sentences of "[vb past] been [vb pp] [conj] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The effect is such you would think a giant mountain range had been flooded and only the peaks are left showing above the waterline . |
| 2 | It had been thought that only the penalty was prescribed by statute , just as the penalty for murder is laid down by Parliament . |
| 3 | By June of that year the water had been excluded and thereafter the new dock was constructed . |
| 4 | In this case , the mortgagee had been paid and only the receivers were awaiting their remuneration and costs . |
| 5 | The Poles took the matter seriously , but the League of Nations , saying that no-one had been hurt and perhaps the revolver had not been loaded , took no action . |
| 6 | It was a strong probability that the Guardian still retained in their archives a numbered copy of the minutes which would have told us immediately to whom that copy had been issued and therefore the name of the informant . |