Example sentences of "have been [verb] by some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , the exodus from the dollar created more expansionary monetary conditions than would otherwise have been adopted by some governments . |
| 2 | Leek and potato soup ( £1.55 ) came with excellent bread but would have been less bland with a few spices thrown around ; conversely a fresh off the bone chicken curry ( £3.50 ) could have been enhanced by some fruit . |
| 3 | must have been threaded by some child . |
| 4 | Again on Bruno Zanardi 's restoration of Antelami 's ‘ Months ’ , Fiorella Minervino wrote that the marble had lost its characteristic surface veining ; in her opinion , this was probably due to the use of a chemical solvent to extract the metallic salts which had appeared on the surface , or it may have been caused by some kind of abrasive treatment . |
| 5 | ‘ It could have been caused by some sort of disaster or accident . |
| 6 | The larger part at the front often opens directly onto the street , but may have been protected by some form of veranda . |
| 7 | The answer to this puzzle may have been provided by some research carried out by American engineers on another large white mammal of very cold regions , the polar bear . |
| 8 | ‘ We would probably have been fleeced by some estate agents who would have smelled our lack of knowledge of the market a mile off . |