Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] [vb pp] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bobby Vinton 's ‘ Blue Velvet ’ is this week 's network chart number one ; he has n't had a hit since the nineteen sixties , and when he was told of his success in America , he thought he 'd been made the victim of a Jeremy Beadle style prank . |
| 2 | He felt drained , as if he 'd been drunk the night before . |
| 3 | There 'd been a master at Ravenswood , a man called Funny Stiles who 'd been given the sack because he 'd made boys presents of whistles and fountain-pens . |
| 4 | Would you have voted in favour of the sale of the house if you 'd been given the chance . |
| 5 | if I 'd been given the choice , erm you know if they 'd said you know okay you 're next , you going I 'd have said no thanks , send somebody else , but er |
| 6 | I 'd been told the baby was semi-posterior so I knew I had to turn her into a more comfortable position for birth . |
| 7 | On the handshake it was only when I got notified that I 'd been awarded the gold badge , I realized I never got my hand back that day . |
| 8 | Not that it had done Oliver Rattrie any good , since he 'd been caught the day after by those same Chartist women who had marched into Halifax singing the One Hundredth Psalm ; sheep no longer but howling Furies who had seized him , puny little thing that he was , and thrown him in the canal where , in his struggle to keep himself from drowning , he had lost every last shilling of the blood-money in his pockets . |
| 9 | After he 'd been offered the job Archie had been taken over the new building to see the general layout . |
| 10 | Oh I 'm really pleased about that , cos last time on a , I was really disappointed I 'd been refused the course cos I thought oh , it 'll be right up my street that , cos when I was teaching full time I was quite into these er computers at the beginning and the one that went |
| 11 | I sat up feeling strangely light-headed and carefree ; maybe I 'd not had much sleep , but at least I had beaten the organist , at least I 'd been spared the Magnificat on an empty stomach . |
| 12 | Whilst understanding the reasons for change as part of AEAs evolution , he was unclear as to why the announcement had been made now but appreciated being given the information so explicitly and comprehensively . |
| 13 | There were hand-outs on ‘ Cruelty Free ’ cosmetics , positively promoting cosmetic companies who did not drip shampoo into rabbits ' eyes in what I knew was called the Draize Test for irritancy . |
| 14 | The money which is invested or lent is called the principal . |
| 15 | Neither had practised archery before becoming immobile ; one of them had been taught the art at Pinderfields Hospital at Wakefield and had gone on to become captain of his club . |
| 16 | He had been trained at the Douai seminary and had been taught the art not only of argument but also of secrecy . |
| 17 | We had been taught the history of the organisation , and each day were learning more about its curious codes of morality and behaviour . |
| 18 | ‘ Father wanted someone to inherit who knew Venice and had been taught the business , someone who 'd been trained to the position . ’ |
| 19 | She had been denied the company of males during her early life and now found it difficult to talk to members of the opposite sex . |
| 20 | The allegation of negligence was that the defendant had failed to observe a foetal abnormality during pregnancy and the plaintiff had been denied the possibility of an abortion . |
| 21 | Allison was among many who were convinced that the Welshman had been denied the 60metres hurdles crown because the race starter , Toronto property manager Ron Bell , had let local hero Mark McKoy get away with a ‘ flyer ’ . |
| 22 | When the court reconvened , it was told that a key prosecution witness , Gabriel Mekgwe , had been kidnapped the night before , forcing a further adjournment . |
| 23 | The Court of Appeal detected " underlying transactions of a solicitorial nature " and determined that on the expert evidence ( inter alia from a former President of the Law Society ) which had been presented the undertakings given were such as might come within the usual course of a solicitor 's business . |
| 24 | Once enough money had been raised the bells were taken to the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in London — where one of them was originally cast . |
| 25 | A warrant for Honecker 's arrest to face manslaughter charges [ see pp. 37828-29 ] had been confirmed by a Berlin court on Nov. 30 , 1990 , and the last of three appeals against the order had been lost the week before . |
| 26 | By the time the cigarette had been smoked the fire had burnt out . |
| 27 | It was a shame that there was nothing from the boy 's mother , but then it was only Thursday and perhaps since war had been declared the post was being delayed . |
| 28 | Because of his obedience he had been granted the gift of eternal life . |
| 29 | A jury swore in 1266 that John son of Nigel and his ancestors had been foresters of fee of Bernwood Forest ‘ from the Conquest of England ’ : another jury declared that the ancestors of William son of Adam had been granted the manor of Hutton-in-the Forest by Henry I , to hold by the serjeanty of keeping the bailiwick of Plumpton in Inglewood Forest . |
| 30 | He already had an interest there , as he had been granted the town of Lalinde by Edward in 1267 . |