Example sentences of "a [noun sg] had been [verb] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Thatcher 's last-minute play for the collection was in 1988 , but by that time it was too late : a contract had been signed with the Spanish government ( see interview with Baron Thyssen , p.6 ) , committing the collection to a ten-year loan in Madrid . |
| 2 | A liaison had been struck with Spanish designer Juan de la Cierva for G & J Weir to licence build his autogiros . |
| 3 | A stranger had been chatting with Mrs O for some time . |
| 4 | Over in Gioia del Colle , a child had been born with a lucky mole , said another . |
| 5 | A meeting had been arranged with Saddam Hussein on January 8 , but our plane was delayed and we arrived in Baghdad too late for our appointment . |
| 6 | In February the Institution sub-committee reported that a meeting had been held with representatives of the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board : Sir Frederick Messer , M.P . |
| 7 | His remarks were endorsed by the RPR leader Jacques Chirac , who himself had complained of the " noise and smell " of immigrants in a speech in Orléans in June ( after which a complaint had been lodged with the Orléans prosecutor for incitement to racial hatred ) . |
| 8 | A woman had been admitted with acute pancreatitis , desperately ill . |
| 9 | The research was conducted through the collection of data at the conclusion of an investigation or once a referral had been dealt with and closed via other action . |
| 10 | Council members mostly agreed they are a hazard , and Peter pointed out that if the car that hit him on a roundabout had been fitted with them , he would n't be here now . |