Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kinds of errors he made are illustrated by these responses : |
| 2 | One of the more common Manhattan experiences of the early 1980s involved being approached by well-dressed individuals and asked to sign a petition helping the NAP get on the ballot in the name of democracy , and then being hit for a contribution . |
| 3 | It also helped being married to bleached-blonde ball-busting pop star Madonna . |
| 4 | The antechamber which he entered was filled with silent N'pani . |
| 5 | The data used was taken from two separate surveys carried out in 1977 and 1981 . |
| 6 | The responsibility for the serious incident to which he referred was shared among several water authorities . |
| 7 | She even managed to convince the man that she 'd been sent by Roman to inspect the goods . |
| 8 | For part of the trip in a flat bed truck they 'd been acompanied by armed guards , but no-one had told them why . |
| 9 | ‘ When they 'd been separated for ten years , ’ said Mr Brownlow , ‘ your father met another family . |
| 10 | you know there was I 've got a policy er here that I can take out and you took it and then that was it and you spent the rest of the time talking about this one policy whereas , because you 'd been thinking about that one , there may have been others that you may have been able to disturb her about or erm you know if she had other member of the family or education , whatever , there was , there was other areas that maybe you could 've brought up or gone back to anyway . |
| 11 | I 'd been thinking about this all the way back to London . |
| 12 | Did you know he 'd been convicted of drunken driving ? |
| 13 | Tommaso had not come back at Ascension , though some others who 'd been called to military service at the same time walked into town one afternoon . |
| 14 | ‘ It appears there 'd been a big row and a parting of the ways before my agent tracked them down , but my premise was right : they 'd been staying with one of Svend 's college friends at his parents ’ apartment on the outskirts of the city . |
| 15 | During that week I felt the Lord speak to me and I knew that this is what I 'd been looking for all my life and I decided to follow Jesus . |
| 16 | He 'd been looking for that for ages . |
| 17 | I think that if we 'd been looking for some rather more er refined instruments of taxation , I nearly said torture , er from the continent then we might have looked er and found some rather better means of getting local money in to finance local government . |
| 18 | She 'd been living with one of his men , a guy who knew a lot about his affairs , and Connie could n't help knowing plenty of things that Bonanza would not want advertised on the radio . ’ |
| 19 | Maybe she 'd always had someone to look after her ; he 'd been living with darned socks and the stitch-in-time philosophy all his life , first his mother and then Margaret , who sorted her stockings out into ones she could wear to the office and ones which were only good for gardening . |
| 20 | Of course I 've sent specimens to Forensic but you can take it from me that he died of strychnine poisoning ; a fairly hefty dose but he 'd been living on borrowed time any way . |
| 21 | We 'd been visited by 700 people . |
| 22 | Mina said Gustav said she 'd been killed by Allied planes . |
| 23 | A factory worker has been describing how he tried in vain to save a colleague who 'd been overcome by toxic fumes . |
| 24 | I 'd been writing a monthly column for Options as long as I 'd been writing at all . |
| 25 | She 'd been waylaid within ten feet of the front door , which did n't surprise me , by a chinless wonder in a baggy suit and powder blue trainers ( nobody wears trainers with a suit any more ) . |
| 26 | We 'd been bickering since New Year and she 'd flounced out of my city flat in early May , darkly muttering , Nevermore ! |
| 27 | And then maybe after it 'd been cut for two days , you were sent out to turn the swathes , up all you went along and you turned them and turned them . |
| 28 | well I think Dawn is quite happy now , I mean I think she felt as though she 'd been rushed at first , but I mean |
| 29 | The last dying patient I 'd been to visit in this hospital had been the caretaker of our Health Centre , in much pain from a carcinoma of the pancreas . |
| 30 | I 'd been existing on two or three hours ' sleep a night . |