Example sentences of "[vb base] be [vb pp] with [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Non-smokers often report being treated with condescension in such situations . |
| 2 | Try Lefranc & Bourgeois ' Constant Tension canvases which I believe are made with cellulose , and are acrylic primed and ready stretched . |
| 3 | They 've been cut with gas axe . |
| 4 | Since they were erected four months ago , at a cost of ten thousand pounds , they 've been daubed with paint and stuffed with litter . |
| 5 | We have that many er applications I mean I 've just gone through A division and I 've got er a pile of cards literally an inch thick with people a made an initial inquiry or b they 've been furnished with questionnaires and not been returned , so I 'm sending those er right through the divisions |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been inundated with letters , ’ she says , then corrects herself . |
| 7 | I 've been inundated with calls . |
| 8 | We 've been inundated with calls from listeners wanting to know where you were . |
| 9 | Three weeks ago I found a lump in one of my breasts and since then I 've been paralysed with fear . |
| 10 | ‘ We 've been deluged with stories about the American nuclear industry over the past few years . |
| 11 | They 've been injected with plutonium in an effort to find out exactly how the radioactive substance affects people . |
| 12 | They 've been injected with plutonium in an effort to find out exactly how the radioactive substance affects people . |
| 13 | I 've been provided with lists . |
| 14 | ‘ We 've been linked with Dean Sampson but I have not spoken to the player . |
| 15 | We 've we 've been issued with snorkel masks I should say |
| 16 | I 've been programmed with memories and tactics for use in various conflicts … ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 've been left with egg on my face . |
| 18 | She wished he would stop talking for now he was saying , ‘ I 've been associated with Harrods of London for many years . |
| 19 | Make sure that the doors you buy are fitted with safety glass to the requirements of British Standard BS6206 . |
| 20 | Since that date some 1.5 million hotel rooms and cruise ships cabin doors have been fitted with Keycard access control systems . |
| 21 | But somehow they are wrong , for at every stage of this incredible race — at every stage , that is , bar the one that matters , at the winning post — the only rightful winner had to be Crisp , whose astonishing display of galloping and jumping in the toughest race in the calendar must , were there any justice in the world , have been blessed with success . |
| 22 | Recent news pages have been littered with doom and gloom about company collapses , including some well-known names . |
| 23 | ‘ I have been inundated with complaints from local people who feel this ‘ over-the-top ’ action will only play into the hands of loyalist paramilitaries . |
| 24 | Sue Nicholson , for the RAC , said : ‘ We have been inundated with complaints from members that the testers are revving their car engines to the limit and possibly causing damage … |
| 25 | On Wednesdays , firms advertising vacancies in the Financial Times have been inundated with phone calls from licensed dealers . |
| 26 | Opportunities for major fund-raising from other sources are very limited : partly because trust funds usually direct their resources to new short-term projects rather than to longestablished work , and partly because such trusts have been inundated with requests from other agencies suffering from withdrawal of Local Authority grants . |
| 27 | A group of refugees rescued from the war in Bosnia and brought to this country have been inundated with offers of help and accommodation.The six families were rescued by a headmaster , who saw pictures of the war on television and decided that he had to do something to help . |
| 28 | ACCOUNTANTS handling the liquidation of a North-East nursing home company have been inundated with offers for the business . |
| 29 | agencies have been inundated with job hunting dealers who often confide : " We 're earning thirty or forty thousand a year , but we 're working for a bucket shop . |
| 30 | Apparently the band members have been inundated with mail from the mothers of female fans complaining that their music is Satanic and they do not wish their daughters to have anything more to do with them . |