Example sentences of "[vb past] been [vb pp] by [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Jan. 14 Richard Goldstone , chair of an independent judicial commission of inquiry established in September 1991 under the terms of the national peace accord [ see p. 38422 ] , said that he had been asked by both the government and the ANC to investigate allegations of SADF complicity in killings in black townships . |
| 2 | These elections , the first to be called since 1963 , had been opposed by both the PLO and Jordan . |
| 3 | The appeal had been lodged by both the prosecution and the defence . |
| 4 | In this way , Axis governments anticipated a Pacific war that had been studied by only a few individuals in the Allies ' interest . |
| 5 | There the plaintiff passenger 's damages were reduced by 20 per cent because he had been out drinking with the defendant driver and a lot of beer had been consumed by both the plaintiff and the defendant . |
| 6 | The by-election had been billed by both the NP and the CP as a test of white opinion on constitutional change . |
| 7 | The distinction had been criticised by both the Law Society and the Lord Chancellor 's Advisory Committee from its inception . |
| 8 | Foremost among these are the Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty ( AONBs ) which , along with the parks , had been proposed by both the Dower and the Hobhouse Reports . |
| 9 | Beatrice Webb recorded that she had been told by both a working class male school attendance officer and by the female manager of a block of ‘ model dwellings ’ that working class women were not able to talk to their husbands , having little in their heads but household details . |