Example sentences of "been [verb] [adv prt] of [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They waded through the all-encroaching dust in a series of huge , dark-pillared halls which had been carved out of the solid rock . |
| 32 | Things had changed slightly down there , however ; a new parish , that of Christ Church , Watney Street , had been carved out of the ever-more-populous St George 's , and it was at this recently-dedicated Christ Church that the couple were married on 22 March 1846 . |
| 33 | ‘ At best ’ , he says ruefully , ‘ the museum has bought a stolen painting ’ , at worst , his painting has been stolen , present whereabouts unknown , and the museum has been swindled out of a large sum of money . |
| 34 | How can such misery and fear have been created out of the vast natural wealth of our country ? ’ |
| 35 | PRESSURE is mounting on the Government to look at alternative means of toughening the law on Scotland 's knife thugs after it emerged that urgently-awaited legislation has been edged out of the parliamentary timetable . |
| 36 | Nevertheless , a couple of drinks later it transpired that one of them has a boyfriend who gets up at six in the morning to meditate , while the other said her best friend had been snapped out of a severe depression by a weekend of psychodrama . |