Example sentences of "been [vb pp] in by the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well tha well oh well that 's alright , it was only that it 'd be I thought you said there was a place for your name and address that had n't been filled in by the computer so you filled it in ? |
| 2 | Leading Tory Lady Olga Maitland had been pencilled in by the South Belfast Conservative Association to go on the hustings with candidates last weekend . |
| 3 | ‘ But we are a bit concerned that they have been barricaded in by the Coal Board , so even if they want to , they can not get out . |
| 4 | I am an accountant , I have been called in by the bank , and my duty is to the bank . |
| 5 | Some bureaux have been invited in by the probation or education departments or by the prison governor . |
| 6 | Agricultural details were a nice reciprocal touch : the Hind helicopters , with which the Sandinistas were destroying the contras , had allegedly been shipped in by the Russians in crates labelled agricultural produce . |
| 7 | ‘ Of course at first I just thought it was someone from a boat that had been driven in by the weather . |
| 8 | It was nine o'clock and they had been driven in by the mosquitoes before he broached the subject of the night before . |
| 9 | Dana felt so sick , he went straight back to bed , but had been there only a few seconds before he leapt out with a scream of agony : an autumnal , sleepy wasp had been brought in by the chambermaid among the bedclothes which had been airing at the window and had stung my friend on the bottom ! |
| 10 | He had been brought in by the conglomerate owners , Reed International , who were planning to float the Mirror Group off as a separate company and wanted someone to mastermind the move . |
| 11 | Now what we 're hearing today in in the document that 's been put in by the County is that their assertion is that since nineteen eighty the changing erm common agriculture policy has meant that more farm land in the county is coming into play for development than was the case in nineteen eighty erm not least of all through set aside and general policies of diversification . |
| 12 | She had been taken in by the man , accepting him as charming company when they first met , playing along with his flattering nonsense . |
| 13 | Apparently , she had been taken in by the Madam who ran the house , a woman called Bella Cohen , who adopted her almost as her daughter , by personally , I always found it hard to believe myself . " |
| 14 | William who was a widower told his son he could believe he 'd been taken in by the conmen . |
| 15 | The latest straws in the wind have been blown in by the bank 's disposal of its merchant banking arm , Charterhouse , last week for £235 million . |