Example sentences of "been [vb pp] of [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cresswell believed that the ‘ dole business ’ in the south was responsible ; Cooper claimed that on election day ‘ when children went to get free dinners they were told to tell their parents that if Cooper was returned no more free dinners would be given ’ ; Coath said that electors had been told that if they voted for him ‘ they would get no more doles ’ ; and Clare had been accused of voting against the guardians ' grant of coal to the unemployed ( SE 11 November 22 ) . |
| 2 | They have been accused of sledging in the World Cup — as if no team had been guilty of that before . |
| 3 | Arrested on 22 January , he had been accused of belonging to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine . |
| 4 | Through its 50 per cent stake in the El Cerrejon open cast coal mine in northern Colombia , Exxon has been accused of acquiescing in the pollution of the Wayuu people 's lands , resulting in some communities being uprooted . |
| 5 | He had been criticized for failing to do enough to prevent a spate of serious attacks on foreign workers and asylum-seekers in the state , and had also been accused of working for the Stasi . |
| 6 | Meanwhile on Jan. 9 the Supreme Court ordered a retrial of 10 members of the opposition Liberia Unification Party who in October 1988 had been convicted of plotting against the Doe regime [ see p. 36610 ] . |