Example sentences of "they have be [vb pp] with [art] " in BNC.
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1 | She was wearing biker leathers and cowboy boots which all looked as if they 'd been applied with the aid of a shoehorn . |
2 | His jeans looked as if they 'd been slashed with a knife . |
3 | They 've been left with no job , no family support and with long-term illnesses . |
4 | They swirled together as though they had been stirred with a spoon . |
5 | There they lived their lives , and prospered for a while ; but there was a disquiet amongst them , for it was said that they had been created with a purpose in this life , and that the purpose had something to do with the manner of their creation . |
6 | They had been charged with a variety of public order offences and been released on police bail to appear before magistrates at a later date . |
7 | This magic had been happening while they had been closeted with the policeman discussing the prosaic and sordid details of the burglary . |
8 | They had been covered with a square of spotted muslin , for decency she supposed . |
9 | Now that they had been presented with the information which they had requested all along , they had to prove that faecal contamination of the egg shell did not constitute any great risk to public health , Mother Catherine said . |
10 | All that was in essence known to HQ 5 Corps was that the greater number of these people were " Cossacks " or " Russians " making up various units who had found themselves in Austria because to a greater or lesser extent they had been associated with the Germans , and had surrendered to the British in the hope that they might thus avoid falling into the hands of the Communists . |
11 | Net fluid transport was measured in 26 rats on days 6–9 after they had been infected with the parasites . |
12 | I assume that people are put on the list if they have been connected with an offence relating to prostitution or have been cautioned . |
13 | They have been injected with an insoluble luminous dye to help sell the fish . |
14 | They have been replaced with a durable elastic TPU ( thermoplastic urethane ) strap that supports the inflatable tongue when fully , or partially inflated . |
15 | The Charismatics — part of this evangelical upsurge — feel they have been blessed with the direct gifts of the holy spirit , and one of the main ways in which this manifests itself is speaking in tongues . |
16 | The kidneys are lambs ’ , and yes — they have been grilled with the fat still on them — the marmalade is thick-cut , the food is superb and the waiters are underpaid . |
17 | Unfortunately , they have been treated with a contact-poison form of Manbane . |
18 | The existence of these two adversaries reflecting incompatible interests poses practical problems for the water authorities , for while they have been established ostensibly to advance environmentalist values , and serve as a concrete expression of the belief that intervention is proper and necessary ( for which they have been equipped with the criminal law ) , they find that their legitimacy as enforcement agencies is sometimes questionable . |
19 | You can also use the cold-seal film ( see pp. 130–1 ) to cover the fronts of notebooks , diaries , address books and photograph albums once they have been decorated with a pressed flower design . |
20 | Secondly , the lives of others may be dragged through the media if they have been associated with a notorious rapist . |