Example sentences of "had been [verb] by the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If no date had been fixed by the end of 1997 than the European System of Central Banks had to be established by July 1 , 1998 , and stage three would begin by Jan. 1 , 1999 , at the latest . |
| 2 | Léonie kept her hands outside the covers as she had been taught by the nuns at her primary school . |
| 3 | Lutyens had been struck by the emphasis she had placed on the word — and on her choice of it ; chaste was not a word Miss Jekyll usually employed when planning her gardens , and Lutyens bore it in mind throughout — hence the austerity to which he adhered on the terraces . |
| 4 | I had gone to visit the RSPB 's osprey reserve at Loch Garten , and had been struck by the symbolism of that site , where the birds flew free and the humans were , in effect , in a cage . |
| 5 | On both occasions she had been struck by the contrast between on the one hand the beauty of the Bay itself , the islands , the fine buildings towards Posillipo and on the other the cramped and jumbled desperation of the mean and bustly streets immediately below her . |
| 6 | The MP vigorously denied assault and said he had been struck by the officer . |
| 7 | Ari had been struck by the smells of Arcady more than anything . |
| 8 | A month before he went up in 1897 his father 's first cousin ( and namesake ) had been struck by the lad 's awkward manners , silent gaucherie , unsuitable dress , and down-covered chin ; three years later Edward returned the visit in a colours blazer , accompanied by his wife and his eight-months-old son . |
| 9 | And he also rejected claims by the policeman and a civilian that they witnessed a soldier being struck by other military personnel to make it appear he had been struck by the car . |
| 10 | She too had been struck by the similarity between the kitten 's fur and her own hair , and Raphael would have been another subtle reminder for the future of Fen . |
| 11 | She had been struck by the fact that in June 1873 two hundred Deputes of the French Parliament gathered before the Blessed Sacrament to consecrate their country to the Sacred Heart of Jesus . |
| 12 | Hitherto , her parents ' requests for withdrawal of her life-support measures had been denied by the courts on the grounds that the patient 's own wishes in the matter were unclear , and that nobody else was competent to make the decision on her behalf . |
| 13 | A suggestion by the IAEA that China had provided Iraq with equipment for uranium enrichment had been denied by the government on Oct. 8 . |
| 14 | The long-time social crusader said he had been ousted by the trade union block vote and had won the majority support of the individual members of the Birkenhead constituency who took part in the secret ballot on Tuesday . |
| 15 | Nor can I forgive her for having blocked Moira 's appointment as BBC Governor for the Arts after it had been cleared by the Home Office . |
| 16 | The papers had been cleared by the Treasury and gone round to ministers . |
| 17 | It was n't any of the Deaconess 's business , but Mrs Yaxlee had been swayed by the fact , made evident in George 's expression , that he expected her to refuse . |
| 18 | Although Iraq had paid some $1,300 million ( or roughly one-half ) of the money for the ships , their delivery had been blocked by the imposition in 1986 of an Italian embargo on lethal weaponry to Iran and Iraq . |
| 19 | A new Church of England Church had also been erected at the southern end of Sutton Lane , and was named St. Michael 's as the money for it had been realised by the sale of St. Michael 's Church in Burleigh Street , London , which had been associated with St. Martins-in-the-Fields . |
| 20 | In the increasingly murky circumstances surrounding the trial , two senior Conservative Party officials were subpoenaed on Feb. 19 to appear before a magistrate after refusing to disclose the sources of their allegation that Mekgwe had been kidnapped by the state intelligence service . |
| 21 | Tracey had been kidnapped by the RJO in October 1986 [ see p. 35023 ] . |
| 22 | She had been irritated by the cook 's refusal of her offer to make a simple white sauce , though Mrs Cranbrook was up to her eyes in work . |
| 23 | Blanche 's eyes widened slightly , as though she had been irritated by the reply . |
| 24 | On human rights , China provided information on 800 political prisoners whose names had been presented by the US side in June , but announced no releases . |
| 25 | No less that £3,559 had been raised by the branches in various ways — £2,616 from members ' subscriptions and students ' fees , £617 from socials , rummage sales and other fund-raising activities , £53 from sales of literature and so on . |
| 26 | Despite frantic last-minute appeals , only £1,634,000 had been raised by the time the offer stopped — still well short of the new lower target of £2 million . |
| 27 | £30,000 had been raised by the end of the year . |
| 28 | This uncertainty had been increased by the death in May of Shintaro Abe , the leader of the party 's second-largest faction . |
| 29 | Robert Pemberton , used by Gloucester to seize Woodville land , had been one of Edward IV 's ushers of the chamber ( a post he was also to hold under Richard III ) and had been appointed by the queen as parker and warrener of Higham Ferrers ( Northants ) in 1468 . |
| 30 | Robert Pemberton , used by Gloucester to seize Woodville land , had been one of Edward IV 's ushers of the chamber ( a post he was also to hold under Richard III ) and had been appointed by the queen as parker and warrener of Higham Ferrers ( Northants ) in 1468 . |