Example sentences of "[vb past] been [vb pp] [adv] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She was n't frightened of flying , but she was very frightened of the seat belt , so I think she 'd been tied down at one time . |
| 2 | The action had been struck out at first instance , an appeal to the Court of Appeal had failed but a petition for leave to appeal to the House of Lords was still pending . |
| 3 | This is anecdotal evidence to be sure , but given the lack of any measures to enforce the speed limit it was hard to see how any safety gains had been made here at all . |
| 4 | Again and again , people told me in Prague earlier this month how the Forum had been held together at difficult moments by his irrestistible decency and gentle authority . |
| 5 | At the year end the combined membership reached 308 thus exceeding the magic 300 , yet the trading surplus was only £15 , with a mere £130 on capital account , although new greens at the 6th and 8th had been laid out at some cost . |
| 6 | By autumn 1990 Chameleon had been installed successfully at 12 sites throughout Europe , but Intergraph felt that a third party with a ‘ wider skill set ’ was needed to exploit the system 's full potential . |
| 7 | The whole Battalion Order Group of 2nd Grenadiers , the Commanding Officer and all the Company Commanders had been wiped out at one go . |