Example sentences of "been [verb] [adv] [to-vb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was given a parasol against the sun and when she had been shown how to recline in the litter , six dark-faced bearers lifted her up and began trotting barefoot through the city with guards running before and behind . |
| 2 | After their first encounter , the couple began seeing one another regularly , but the romance fizzled out after Mr Clinton returned to America , believing he had been called up to fight in the Vietnam war . |
| 3 | She had showered and put on a tracksuit , having been called down to help in the kitchen before getting into something more elegant . |
| 4 | This group of NFL stalwarts were in Scotland as part of the World Partnership programme which has been set up to assist in the development of American football at amateur level in Europe . |
| 5 | Today we may find his attitude most approachable when it is oblique , as it is in Mr Midshipman Easy , when the sense and reason behind naval rules and regulations are stated through the absurd mistakes , misconceptions and malfeasances of a youth who has been brought up to believe in the ideal of total equality . |