Example sentences of "his [noun] had been [verb] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tests showed his confession had been tampered with . |
| 2 | His point had been proved with spectacular success . |
| 3 | Once his officers had been provided with a comprehensive register of the homages and other obligations of Gascon vassals , Edward could set about the task of governing his duchy with some confidence . |
| 4 | In the course of about twenty-four hours Ed Riverton had been brutally exterminated in Finland — and his wife had been eliminated with equal brutality in East Anglia , over a thousand miles away . |
| 5 | All the same , his anger had been tempered with thoughts of Claudine with Bernard , and Jenna sat silently , moodily contemplating the trees until they turned into the track to the house . |
| 6 | A MAN who went on a violent rampage , breaking bottles and glasses in a pub and attacking a woman and a police officer , claimed his drinks had been spiked with drugs . |
| 7 | James Harper , defending , said Colling believed his drinks had been spiked with a narcotic substance which caused his violent behaviour . |
| 8 | ‘ Not until you are useless and flayed and bent , ’ said the Robemaker softly and Nuadu knew that his thoughts had been heard with ease . |
| 9 | His mother had been singing with a company playing in a northern seaside town and he had lain on his bed in the boarding house , biting his nails , sunk under a terrible inertia . |
| 10 | His father , John William Gannon , said his son had been living with him since he split up with his wife in January . |
| 11 | For the last quarter of an hour or so his face had been furrowed with the effort of understanding the information with which he had been presented . |