Example sentences of "he [verb] been [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | Despite protests from all sides he did n't halt his labours until the body before him had been opened from navel to throat , and Dowd 's thrashings had ceased . |
2 | He has been affected by hamstring problems twice since joining us . |
3 | As a result he has been threatened with libel action and even physical violence . |
4 | Even he has been threatened with death . |
5 | It was Steve McQueen who was picked to play the French criminal determined to escape from Devil 's Island where he has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a pimp , of which he claims he is innocent . |
6 | Olivier Nwaha Binya'a : a Jehovah 's Witness , he has been detained without charge or trial since May 2984 because of his religious beliefs . |
7 | He has lost twice , to Michael Watson and Eubank , but at the increased poundage he has been extended by Sugar Boy Malinga and Lenzie Morgan . |
8 | Pity the way that he has been touched by faith within our local community . |
9 | He has been chattered to death . |
10 | The student here may inform himself whether he has been favoured by heaven with this truly divine gift . |
11 | So , in Danger Rock , the practical knowledge of small ships and heavy seas belonging to the sailor known as Shelty is available to the apprentice of eighteen , Jim Naylor , who for his part rises to the challenge of danger ( when he and his fellow apprentices land on an uninhabited island off the Newfoundland coast after their ship has been holed by ice ) because he has been trained with command in mind . |
12 | Why has he sent Duncan 's eldest son north , after he has been kept at court all these years ? |
13 | He has been convicted of car crimes 16 times and had one charge pending at the time of our discussions three months ago . |
14 | He has been convicted of crime , and we shall assume for the moment that he has not behaved himself within the meaning of these words . |
15 | ‘ Why , they say he has been thrown into prison for debt ! ’ |
16 | said : ‘ This court has on numerous occasions held that the effect of Ord. 29 , r. 1(5) of the County Court Rules 1981 is that the contemnor must be personally served with a properly drafted notice which recites in clear and unambiguous detail the following : ( 1 ) the order of the court or undertaking given to the court in respect of which he has been found in breach ; ( 2 ) the respects in which it is alleged that he has been in breach ; ( 3 ) the findings of the judge as to the alleged breaches ; ( 4 ) the period of committal to which he has been sentenced and ( 5 ) that he may apply to the court to purge his contempt and seek his release . |
17 | He has been helped by Labour 's manifesto commitment to electrify the line to London , and has made much emphasis of his local record . |
18 | With little experience , apart from a controversially-received history of the Warburg dynasty , he has been put in charge of one of the world 's highest profile institutions . |
19 | He does n't know how to go about the work he has been put in charge of , and yet the successful solution of this case will be a great coup for him , politically . |
20 | ‘ The defendant need not be granted bail if , having been released on bail in or in connection with the proceedings for the offence , he has been arrested in pursuance of section 7 of this Act . |
21 | Where the Crown Court is dealing with an offender for offences for which he has been committed for sentence under Criminal Justice Act 1967. s.56 , whether they are summary or either way , the Court must observe the limitations which would apply in the magistrates ' court to the sentence for those offences . |
22 | The trouble is that he is not a natural core forward , which is partly why he has been shifted from lock , but neither has he as yet convinced too many that he has that instinctive reaction in terms of man and/or ball which enables the born flanker to do his stuff . |
23 | Only at the last moment , when he 'd been recognized in turn , did Zen realize that it was Daniele Miletti . |
24 | Do you think if he 'd been sent into hospital earlier he would n't have been in such a |
25 | Digging might not be classed as essential training , but he 'd been sent on attachment to learn all about real soldiering . |
26 | Then in March , his mother was told he 'd been killed in action |
27 | He 'd been battered to death . |
28 | He 'd been stabbed to death . |
29 | She 'd been so sure he 'd been born to money . |
30 | As soon as Moby was too old for puppy classes , he went to the bigger-dog classes , run by Jenny , to reinforce what he 'd been taught at puppy classes and , most importantly , what he 'd learned at home . |