Example sentences of "they had been [verb] with a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They swirled together as though they had been stirred with a spoon . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They had been covered with a square of spotted muslin , for decency she supposed . |
| 5 | Of course , compared to what they had been producing with a typewriter and some rub-down lettering , the desktop publishing system was producing wonderful material — it just did n't conform to any of the professional standards . |