Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] be [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The levels of NC protein used were chosen such that the higher level completely retarded DNA migration on an agarose gel while the lower level gave intermediate retardation . |
| 2 | The photograph had been taken some years ago at a GLC panto . |
| 3 | The two groups on the four- and five-year study programme had been denied any science education at all in pre-independence Namibia . |
| 4 | The boat had been bought some time earlier but had been abandoned due to decay and damage . |
| 5 | In another case where an applicant had been refused any access to accounts , the Commissioner 's assistance resulted in a solicitor 's letter being sent to the union . |
| 6 | She told Lord Penrose that the action had been raised some considerable time ago but negotiations were continuing . |
| 7 | But , he added , it was his view that while a great deal had been achieved more work needs to be done to complete the necessary cultural changes within AEA . |
| 8 | The original Conservative proposal had been to unload all secondary or graduated pensions on to the private sector . |
| 9 | Mr Brian Harvey , owner of Skinnergate Cycles , said lorry congestion had been caused most mornings as delivery men jostled to complete their business before the 10.30 deadline . |
| 10 | Where there were examples of co-residence , the joint household had been established some years before the elderly person needed physical care , and a number of these households had been created by the younger generation(s) moving in with the parent , not the other way round . |
| 11 | The original plan had been to leave all the top posts open , with a promise to find people as soon as the investors had parted with their cash . |
| 12 | Mr Stuart-Moore said the notebook containing the master plan had been written some time before and some details had been altered . |
| 13 | Within hours of this US response , which Iraq 's ruling Revolution Command Council denounced as " disgraceful " , the Soviet Union tried to rescue its peace initiative by announcing that Aziz ( who was still in Moscow ) had agreed to a revised six-point peace plan whereby ( i ) Iraq would agree to comply with Resolution 660 ; ( ii ) withdrawal from Kuwait would begin the day after a ceasefire ; ( iii ) the withdrawal would be completed within 21 days , including withdrawal from Kuwait City within four days ; ( iv ) once the withdrawal had been completed all relevant UN Security Council resolutions would lapse ; ( v ) all prisoners of war would be released three days after a ceasefire ; and ( vi ) monitoring of the ceasefire would be carried out by observers or peacekeeping forces as determined by the UN Security Council . |
| 14 | However , she pointed out that as far back as 1980 , the Sports Council had been recommending all governing bodies to charge a minimum subscription of £2.00 per person . |
| 15 | Burn had been ploughing that May afternoon and was leading his horses back to the field after his tea . |
| 16 | In 1988 , the Sunday Times Insight team had been sent this dossier , read it and chose not to rely on it . |
| 17 | The IBM announcement had been expected this month , and the delay is thought to have been occasioned by the need to respond to the Hitachi announcement . |
| 18 | It was a shirt exactly like the one her singer had been wearing that night , as he swaggered among the women , and whispered ‘ Me quieres ? ’ to them all . |
| 19 | The teacher had been sent some worksheets to try out . |
| 20 | Over the mince pies and wine we learned that the Bala band had been formed many years before and had faithful musicians and followers . |
| 21 | Colonel Windsor 's initial reaction had been to discount that , no matter how trustworthy the source ; but now , as he reflected on it , he felt it could well be true . |
| 22 | At 0430 there are no civilians about , and if a bomb had been planted this would be an ideal time to detonate it . |
| 23 | Noble had been allowed to dissect the last of Kammerer 's nuptial pad specimens ( the rest had been destroyed some years earlier in a fire ) . |
| 24 | Nor did he reimburse Alistair for the lunch , though he did explain that his wallet had been emptied that morning — by which alcoholic , Sixsmith never established . |
| 25 | In the meantime a jig had been prepared such that the tailplanes could be broken under loads not dissimilar to those they would meet in the air . |
| 26 | Lloyd 's great achievement had been to weld all the factions into a united team , and doubt was expressed that Richards could maintain the unity . |
| 27 | She 'd found her way to Charlie through another of the contact magazines , back in the days when his wife had been handling that end of the business ; she 'd had to send along a photograph and that had gone a little against the grain — in all of her moonlighting so far , she 'd never let slip so much as her name — but everything had worked out well . |
| 28 | If he did n't answer the leg , he got a quick reminder from the schooling whip — something I should have done but had chickened out of because Skipper 's reaction to a schooling whip had been to throw some rather impressive bucks . |
| 29 | He had the enviable but potentially inconvenient gift of making each visitor feel that he was the person Montini had been waiting all his life to talk to . |
| 30 | Her tone betrayed the fact that she had been keyed up about it ever since the procedure had been done this morning at the obstetrician 's consulting-rooms , and Belinda hoped Faye had been keeping careful tabs on her blood-sugar level in case it was being affected by her mood . |