Example sentences of "had been [verb] [adv] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact it had been blown away on a gust of wind as soon as the crate was opened in Liverpool and was never seen again . |
| 2 | As soon as his hands were free , Huw ducked away , retrieving a shirt and jersey that had been flung down on a pile of beer-crates , saying over his shoulder : ‘ Look , I 'd better be pushing off . |
| 3 | An overnight case had been placed carefully on a sheet of newspaper . |
| 4 | On the left breast of his tunic the insignia of the Legion d'Honneur glimmered among a broad cluster of medals , and his plumed tricorn had been placed ostentatiously on a table at his side . |
| 5 | This party was a much bigger affair than the small gathering back in August , and Belinda had been swept along on a tide of food and drink and conversation . |
| 6 | A high-rise block of flats had been clamped down on a street that did not think well of itself at the best of times . |
| 7 | The waiter held out the straw hat which had been left behind on a chair . |
| 8 | Further questioning revealed that he was only able to sell the artefacts in Gibraltar because they had been found illegally on a site in Spain . |
| 9 | In the end , he had to settle for a survey which had been carried out on a national scale by a well-known agency . |
| 10 | Previous abridgements of the Philosophical Transactions had been carried out on a piecemeal basis , whereas Baddam 's version provided continuity and uniformity for the first time ( see Nichols 's summary of them in the above , pp. 482–3 ) . |
| 11 | Bicker 's face looked as though it had been ground out on a millstone , but Ratagan was beaming . |
| 12 | I did Hope that Lord Nelson who was staying at Raby might come down to partake of the fayre which had been set out on a Royal Oak table decorated with a huge Wheatsheaf , Blue Bells and a small Green Tree that looked very much like Three Tuns . |
| 13 | Most of them were professional or business men but a high proportion had been brought up on a croft . |
| 14 | But she understood , because she had been brought up on a farm . |
| 15 | Tamar had been brought up on a tenanted farm and was sensitive to the diffidence felt when an approach to the landowner was necessary . |
| 16 | His writings were later able to save a model child , the philosopher John Stuart Mill , who had been brought up on a system of intensive reading and deprived of the ‘ culture of the feelings ’ . |
| 17 | The hay had been brought up on a wain in front of which two of the farm horses stood , blowing plumes of steamy breath . |
| 18 | It was the first time in Israel 's 41-year history that a government had been brought down on a vote of confidence . |
| 19 | I heard this with embarrassment , remembering how terribly bored and miserable I had been sitting there on a long hot afternoon , hardly understanding a word as chiefs and elders talked to our delegation in local dialect . |
| 20 | Early reports suggested that few of them knew about the registration process because the government 's public information had been put out on a Friday , the first day of the Kuwaiti weekend . |