Example sentences of "had been [verb] with a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thousands of people had been presented with an alternative and had decided according to an inner inspiration . |
| 2 | Again I thought , well , the world 's there whenever I want it and I had been presented with an incredible opportunity . ’ |
| 3 | Amid the protests to date , perhaps the most telling line has come from Newtownards woman Phyllis Bibby whose petition demanding urgent changes in the system had been meeting with a poor response . |
| 4 | They had heard that Shill had been seen with a local man , Johnny Turner , at the King 's Head Monday lunchtime . |
| 5 | A total of 43 of the victims had been separated from their families in childhood by state authorities , all but two had left school before completing their secondary education , and 43 had been charged with a criminal offence by the age of 15 . |
| 6 | Vincent Piedboeuf , computer systems project leader for the international organisation , revealed that vital research into the disease had been halted when the computer became overloaded and crashed and said EORTC had been saddled with a gigantic phone bill . |
| 7 | A body did n't change if it had been blasted with an automatic weapon in a robbery on Lenox Square or gunned down on a sidewalk in Athens . |
| 8 | The buttons of her cardigan were correctly done up and the collar flattened neatly , the zip of the skirt was in its proper place at the side and her tattered bedroom slippers had been replaced with a tidy pair of court shoes , the wrong colour for the skirt . |
| 9 | Mr Major said the community charge , as he preferred to call it , had been replaced with a new property-based system which contained improvements that were never in the old rating system . |
| 10 | The big table had been covered with a checked table-cloth and set out tidily with cutlery and mats and glasses . |
| 11 | The fact was that for many years she and her father had been living with a dangerous illusion ; and the illusion was that they were entirely virtuous in their endeavours , entirely on the angels ' side . |
| 12 | Don Roberto had been killed with a similar knife to the one Trent carried . |
| 13 | The sofa , pinned to the wall , had been killed with a single shot . |
| 14 | Although the Bingham report made serious criticisms of the bank , it had been dealing with a unique situation . |
| 15 | However these two bases are distinct and it is clear from Harman J 's judgment that even if he had been dealing with an express confidential information clause in an employment agreement he would have declined to have followed Faccenda . |
| 16 | It seemed that Francis had been shot with a self-loading pistol . |
| 17 | Lisa , now 14 , had been born with a rare bone condition , Spondylo Epiphyseal Dysplacia . |
| 18 | He had been born with a curved spine and stood five feet . |
| 19 | She did n't know that Aisling had been born with a severe ‘ port wine stain ’ . |
| 20 | Her first baby had been born with a genetic disease and had died , but the disease had not been diagnosed until she was pregnant with her second child . |
| 21 | He had been born with a photographic memory and an unlimited store for knowledge , and the capacity to gather and keep information on any subject under the sun . |
| 22 | Over in Gioia del Colle , a child had been born with a lucky mole , said another . |
| 23 | The fact that all three babies had been born with an incurable heart condition was characteristic of the Rollerson side of the family , but Maud preferred to blame her husband , and the marriage suffered as a consequence . |
| 24 | This was a relief , but a few days later , when Vitor 's confirmation letter had been answered with a polite refusal , she started to worry again . |
| 25 | The offside front wheel had been clamped with a locking shackle . |
| 26 | It was five races into the championship before it was discovered Jonny had been driving with a broken chassis , which made it impossible to get his car to handle properly . |
| 27 | His use of ‘ traditional ’ and ‘ heretical ’ allows him to sidestep the terms ‘ classical ’ and ‘ romantic , , so incorporating elements otherwise labelled ‘ romantic ’ into the structure of his tradition which had been sanctified with an anthropological definition . |
| 28 | Yesterday the Merseyside Police Federation Chairman , George Crichton , said that PC Harrison would have been better able to defend herself if she had been armed with an American-style side handled baton . |
| 29 | ‘ It had been left with a blue towel wrapped around its waist and legs but was otherwise uncovered . |
| 30 | After £2,067 had been handed over to the District , branches had been left with a net income of £1,492 , just one pound less than the £1,493 spent on publicity , room rents and other local organisation and administration . |