Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [adv] with a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not for the first time this year , Seles had been let off with a mere slap on the wrist . |
| 2 | The shift in the importance and growth of manufacturing within the national economy has been bound up with a similar change in the geography of manufacturing . |
| 3 | In the case of a prolapsed disc ( a slipped disc ) the vertebrae have been pulled together with a great force arising from muscular tension , so much so that the membrane that encloses the fluid in the disc has burst . |
| 4 | In his opinion there was no doubt that Miss Ward 's head had been cut off with a single blow from a sharp instrument . |
| 5 | Earlier , first choice scrum-half Ian MacKay had been ruled out with a broken hand before the finish of the North Harbour game , placing an enormous load on Alberta 's Tom Liddle , a very successful first time tourist . |
| 6 | The room was already warm and the furniture shone as if all the pieces had been gone over with a damp cloth . |
| 7 | The cropmark was similar to a large square , only some parts of the square were missing , almost if they had been rubbed out with a large eraser . |
| 8 | The Ronseal varnishes used here can also be applied to a painted or previously varnished surface that has been rubbed down with a fine abrasive paper . |
| 9 | It has been sent back with a frosty message from one of his constituents , who is unidentified . |
| 10 | It alleged that he had been fitted out with a secret transmitter on one of his missions to Lebanon , to pinpoint the exact location of the hostages and kidnappers . |
| 11 | Reduced to ten men after captain Eric Caldow had been stretchered off with a broken leg , Scotland had just defeated England , and the flamboyant Baxter , an irrepressible rogue in a dark blue jersey had scored both goals . |
| 12 | Er now Owen has a large summer house and collects rain water from the roof and the roof 's been covered recently with a good quality , he says , mineralized felt . |