Example sentences of "[vb past] she [verb] been [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wendy Almon went to pick up two-year-old Eva , but found she 'd been abducted |
| 2 | They believed she had been murdered by the Grantley Ripper although as yet no body had turned up . |
| 3 | I imagined she 'd been knifed , violated . |
| 4 | It might have been my colleague Ann — who knew my whereabouts — or even my editor , come to congratulate me on the first pages of Lover at the Gate which I had faxed through from the hotel 's secretariat — or even Sophie , come to apologize , though I hardly imagined she had been promoted from child to lady in the few weeks of my absence . |
| 5 | Pc Court had threatened to take the force to an industrial tribunal last year alleging sexual discrimination in a case supported by the Police Federation , but Mr Newing agreed she had been disadvantaged after the arbitration service ACAS was brought in . |
| 6 | Jahsaxa flinched with annoyance when she realised she 'd been connected with the Roirbak answering machine again . |
| 7 | Maui claimed to lose it , so she offered him each of her fingers and toes , one by one , until she realised she had been tricked . |
| 8 | A postmortem later revealed she had been strangled . |
| 9 | A post mortem revealed she had been strangled . |
| 10 | At first it was thought her death was an accident and she had been choked when her necklace snagged on branches , but a second post-mortem examination five days later revealed she had been murdered . |
| 11 | I soon realized she 'd been raped — no need to go into the details . |
| 12 | Det Sgt Pat Lewis , of the child protection team , confirmed she had been examined by a doctor and added : ‘ We will be speaking to her in the morning . |
| 13 | PRINCESS Diana was at the centre of a mystery last night after a US paper claimed she had been recorded chatting to a man declaring his love for her . |
| 14 | A JUDGE was forced to scrap a lengthy criminal trial after a woman juror claimed she had been threatened with the sack . |
| 15 | Joan received permission and active encouragement to attempt what she claimed she had been sent to carry out . |
| 16 | VICAR 'S daughter Hannah Murray-Leslie was outraged by village gossips who claimed she had been booted out of a public school because of a frolic behind the bicycle shed . |
| 17 | One , Yvonne Morgan , said anglers on the riverbank were an invasion of her privacy and claimed she had been subjected to abuse and foul language . |
| 18 | She had a skullcracker of a headache , and guessed she 'd been opened in several places by knifecuts , branded in others by dollops of fire . |
| 19 | He guessed she had been named after Lady Irene Nevil 's daughter in Wrenwood . |
| 20 | A post-mortem examination at the time showed she 'd been hit on the head with a blunt instrument . |
| 21 | Her words sliced through Shannon like burning arrows , but only a faint staining of her cheeks showed she 'd been affected in the slightest . |
| 22 | Tony Nelson , defending , told Wirral magistrates David Roger Powney panicked when he heard she had been rushed to hospital . |
| 23 | Her family heard she had been taken to the Regional Command Military camp in Legaspi City . |
| 24 | Ms Jackson , a sales representative , alleged she had been assaulted by a man after a motoring incident on the A74 southbound carriageway . |
| 25 | COPREFA later retracted this statement , recognized she was a human rights worker and decided she had been caught in the cross-fire when she died . |
| 26 | Suitably armed , the Princess felt confident enough to write a long and detailed rejoinder to her irate father-in-law which effectively spelled out the way she felt she had been treated by husband , the Royal Family and their courtiers . |
| 27 | It prompted Diana to speak to a lawyer and write to her father-in-law spelling out the way she felt she had been treated by her husband , the Royal Family and their courtiers . |
| 28 | She was always prepared to the utmost and if she felt she had been given good advice , then she took it immediately . |
| 29 | While she had n't actually been demoted , she felt she had been moved sideways , possibly because word had drifted through to those in authority who controlled our movements that the American already had a wife and children in the States . |
| 30 | And then I , and I made this bit of a faux pas , I says , oh you must have got a very good rate , cos I knew she 'd been retired years and years , you see . |