Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the characters they met are portrayed by Minton in the book . |
| 2 | Meanings he argued are created by differences . |
| 3 | Less than half the wines listed were selected for awards making the standard set one of the highest in the world . |
| 4 | Elements of the macroeconomic framework which he proposed were examined in Chapter 10 . |
| 5 | Baltic opinion , in particular , objected that the changes proposed were centralising in character and that the republics ' ( admittedly nominal ) right of secession had been prejudiced . |
| 6 | I found being introduced to people individually , as they arrived , much easier than going into a room full of new babies and it was good to share experiences . |
| 7 | Away from the roads , most areas we visited were populated by Indians : Cofan , Secoya and Siona in the north , Quichua and Huaorani ( Auca ) in the central part of the region , and the Shuar in the south . |
| 8 | These addressing modes are a superset of the PDP-11 addressing modes with one exception , the PDP-11 addressing mode auto-decrement deferred was omitted from VAX as it was rarely used . |
| 9 | The sum involved was calculated at $82,500,000 in early 1989 . |
| 10 | The data from the other three course involved was restricted to progression beyond first year . |
| 11 | The instrument used was derived from discussion with four groups of members of the general public ( with and without incontinence ) who explained their attitudes and the perceived effect on lifestyle . |
| 12 | The census method used was adapted by Dr. Michael Hollings from W. B. Yapp 's Birds and Woods ( Oxford University Press , 1962 ) . |
| 13 | The empire he created was based around Bangkok Bank , South-East Asia 's largest , and included palm-oil plantations and hospitals among other things . |
| 14 | This wrist model I tried was designed for air diving and programmed with the Bühlmann ZHL12 algorithm with automatic ranging from 3,500 metres above sea level to 100 metres depth . |
| 15 | She 'd been so sure he 'd been born to money . |
| 16 | If she 'd been born on time this party would n't have happened until Christmas . |
| 17 | TOTALLY UNKNOWN US bluesman comes to Britain and gets schlepped into a studio to record with a bunch of locals who wish they 'd been born in America 's Deep South . |
| 18 | It was n't her real name and — like Horowitz — she 'd been born in Hungary . |
| 19 | Do you think if he 'd been sent into hospital earlier he would n't have been in such a |
| 20 | Digging might not be classed as essential training , but he 'd been sent on attachment to learn all about real soldiering . |
| 21 | It was just as well Kenneth 's phone was n't engaged because , presumably , if he 'd been chatting to John Major about the situation in the Middle East , or talking to David Mellor about fun , poor old Johan would have been chucked out of the country . |
| 22 | Cos Ange said she 'd , she 'd been chatting about Jenny to her . |
| 23 | Now he was on his third circuit of the Bay : he 'd been ducking under bulldozers for almost an hour . |
| 24 | After missing him during his stay in Geneva ( he 'd been presiding over Berlioz 's Benvenuto Cellini at the Grand Théâtre there ) , I finally succeeded in making contact with him in Rome , where he was conducting the orchestra of the Academia di Santa Cecilia in music by Schubert , Nino Rota and , not unexpectedly , Berlioz — the Symphonie fantastique . |
| 25 | That last bomb had taken out those houses as if it had come with a great grasping fist and scooped them up and crunched them into rubble as easily as if they 'd been made of matchsticks . |
| 26 | As soon as Moby was too old for puppy classes , he went to the bigger-dog classes , run by Jenny , to reinforce what he 'd been taught at puppy classes and , most importantly , what he 'd learned at home . |
| 27 | I managed four , but they tasted like they 'd been pickled in piss . ’ |
| 28 | Luckily the others still were n't back so he made me write a note saying we 'd been called to London on some family matter and we took the next train from Cheltenham station . ’ |
| 29 | They would all be returning to town in the autumn to meet some sons of good families in Riba ; she 'd been saving for years , money from the pigeons , money from the cheeses , the almonds , her mother 's money when she died — may she rest in peace and perpetual light shine on her — she 'd hidden it from that villainous landlord who 'd strip everyone of their surplus if he knew how much they 'd hoarded , but they 'd never find out , the folk were far too tight to let anyone know , and he , Davide , must not breathe a word . |
| 30 | We 'd been filled with school milk and cod-liver oil and orange juice , but only the few scheme-housing children had bathrooms . |