Example sentences of "been [verb] and [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lorry driver Bill , 51 , of Merthyr Tydfil , South Wales , said yesterday : ‘ I was in so much pain I could n't dress myself after I had been examined and needed a wheelchair . ’ |
| 2 | To express the awkwardness of the Spartan position Thucydides uses awkward language ( i.88 ) : the Spartans voted , he says , that the ‘ libations ’ had been broken and took a decision for war not so much because they were persuaded by the arguments of their allies as because they were afraid of the growth of Athenian power . |
| 3 | After studying the listings he decided that all the criteria had been met and witnessed a demonstration of the package build and test , entirely from the sources of the modules within LIFESPAN . |
| 4 | A late arrival came out between the automatic doors , stared at the queue , walked back inside to join the uniformed chauffeur who had been waiting and holding a card . |
| 5 | When Sarah told her that he had been offered and refused a foreman 's job , Anne was bitterly angry that he had said nothing about it when they met the previous evening , but now she was unable to resist saying , ‘ Yes , that would be great , ’ as coolly as possible . |
| 6 | And although no precise mechanism for contextual retrieval has been given , the parallel with occasion setting has been noted and forms a basis on which we may build . |
| 7 | Discovered by accident behind partitioning this magnificent interior has been restored and re-erected a tile at a time and now must surely be one of the most exciting in Paris and a monument to the glory of La Belle Epoque . |
| 8 | He has been hobdayed and had a tie-back but his wind is not that good , even now . |
| 9 | In addition , when cattle got lost , or were eaten by wild animals , their owners sometimes assumed that they had been stolen and instituted a prosecution against known cattle thieves . |
| 10 | At first , there had been great enthusiasm over the Collector 's decision to suppress the rights of property in the food that was to have been auctioned and to give a share to everybody . |
| 11 | The title of the Institute and corporate members has been reviewed and following a consultation exercise with members the decision has been taken that a change would be inappropriate . |
| 12 | Others felt that too many lives had already been lost and wanted a Phoenix King who was more peacefully inclined . |
| 13 | There is only one proviso ; the programs have been tested and used a number of times , but we can not say with certainty that they are bug free . |
| 14 | It was n't a matter of money — four hundred would n't break him — it was the risk of finding that he 'd been duped and made a fool of that made Carson wary . |
| 15 | He refused however to make his findings public until he had been released and given a car , a flat and other luxuries . |