Example sentences of "that they had been [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could she come to terms with the knowledge that they had been conceived in that dreadful place ? |
| 2 | But she did confirm that they had been deposited in the Kazachi Aquarium , which is surrounded by military bases , and not open to the public , before their bid for freedom . |
| 3 | Yesterday , when the Government were defending their postition at the United Nations in Geneva on interrogation procedures and denying that anything untoward was happening , settlements were being awarded in Belfast courts to people who had claimed that they had been assaulted in just those circumstances . |
| 4 | To settle in America they were forced to sign documents stating that they had been persecuted in Russia and were seeking political asylum . |
| 5 | On Feb. 5 lawyers for two Palestinians convicted following the October 1985 hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro [ see pp. 34077-79 ] announced that they had been released in December 1990 and had left for Algeria . |
| 6 | But besides being improbable in itself , it can scarcely be true , for Eadmer had mentioned that they had been produced in the royal court after Anselm 's death in 1109 . |
| 7 | Some of the women who were followers of Jesus had returned from the tomb where Jesus had been buried , saying that it was empty , that they had been told in a vision that Jesus had risen from the dead . |
| 8 | Most people refused to believe them and said that they had been faked in Hollywood . |
| 9 | She was surprised to find that it was still not too late , only lunchtime actually , and she was further surprised when Felipe merely informed the other two that they had been driving in the mountains . |