Example sentences of "it had been [verb] with a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A body did n't change if it had been blasted with an automatic weapon in a robbery on Lenox Square or gunned down on a sidewalk in Athens . |
| 2 | It had been refitted with a low-watt bulb practically too dim to see by , in order to save electricity . |
| 3 | Although the Bingham report made serious criticisms of the bank , it had been dealing with a unique situation . |
| 4 | Her head felt as if it had been hit with a bag of cement , or replaced with one . |
| 5 | ‘ It had been left with a blue towel wrapped around its waist and legs but was otherwise uncovered . |
| 6 | In the early third century it had been rebuilt with a new wall inside its robbed-out predecessor . |
| 7 | It had been bought with a United Nations grant of 1980 on the understanding that all the profits would be channelled discreetly into a numbered Swiss bank account to be used exclusively by UNICEF . |
| 8 | It had been pawned with a discreet firm and the person who had pawned it was her brother Giorgio . |
| 9 | She was muddy , her dress torn , her hair looked like it had been combed with a hedge , but she crackled with so much internal power that she was nearly throwing off sparks . |
| 10 | It had been provided with a new backcloth and costumes by Alexis Preller . |
| 11 | He tried to scream the name but his throat felt as if it had been cauterized with a hot iron . |