Example sentences of "been [verb] in by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By undertaking extravagant adventures aimed at preserving lives which have clearly been called in by the Great Reaper , doctors are not serving the best interests of their clients , which is I take it , their first duty . |
| 2 | I 've been dragged in by the Old Bill twice and your pet grizzly bear Nevil is making life very uncomfortable for people I know . |
| 3 | He moved rapidly down-river to Rouen where a number of merchant vessels had been driven in by the exceptional tide , and requisitioned twenty-eight boats . |
| 4 | The shop had recently been taken over and the existing stock had been brought in by the previous owner . |
| 5 | The party view , express d well by the Conservative Agents " journal , was that the Unionists in the Speaker 's Conference had been taken in by the Liberal members , that they had not sought or received any professional advice , and that they had blundered accordingly . |
| 6 | ( In fact , over fifty additional questionnaires had been sent in by the third week in November ) . |
| 7 | For him the civilization stage of European culture had been ushered in by the French Revolution . |