Example sentences of "[vb past] be [vb pp] [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 | Did you know he 'd been convicted of drunken driving ? |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | We 'd been visited by 700 people . |
| 13 | Mina said Gustav said she 'd been killed by Allied planes . |
| 14 | A factory worker has been describing how he tried in vain to save a colleague who 'd been overcome by toxic fumes . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | His solicitor said for some reason he 'd been involved since last December in a campaign of total destruction of both himself and other people , but now there was some hope for the future . |
| 19 | Although he 'd been kept in secure accommodation 3 times in his life , he was now in a stable relationship with a new foster mother . |
| 20 | She 'd been strangled with some kind of flex or cord . |
| 21 | The touch of his hands on her back that afternoon … she 'd been gripped by such a war of reaction inside her . |
| 22 | At speeds of ninety miles a Police car chased a stolen white fiesta … through narrow country lanes … cars coming in the oppositie direction swerve to avoid it car as it weaves in and out of the traffic … at times the Police try to overtake it … without success … forty miles after they spotted the stolen car … the road clears and the Police overtake and stop them … three schoolboys are arrested … one of them … a passenger … is fourteen … in the past eight months he 's been arrested twenty eight times … the day before he 'd been placed under another supervision order by Milton Keynes Magistrates where he 'd faced charges of robbery and burglary and joy riding … it was from the children 's home he 'd been sent that his two friends picked him up . |
| 23 | But of course we were very strongly against it really but er , because th you know we 'd been inundated with all these marvellous ideas of this progress and it 's all for the best and everything , but it does n't seemed to have work does it really ? |
| 24 | She 'd been divorced for 12 years . |
| 25 | The fifty nine year old singer who 'd been dogged by ill health died at his home in Arbroath on Monday . |
| 26 | she 'd been put on that file — ‘ just by mistake ’ , |
| 27 | Well I mo moved because promotion was in the line for me , I was in the Royal Marine Police in island depot in Plymouth and er I 'd been put on plain clothes work and I 'd been doing acting sergeant you know when the sergeant was off sick and all that business and er I 'd put , been put in for this to move because we had a two bedroom bungalow but the twins were getting big and I realized that we 'd have to have another bedroom you know , very soon and er , this seemed an opportunity to get a house and also in Plymouth , that Plymouth was a naval town , you see , there was still those days there was still kind of a , a lower deck of sons , what they call lower deckers , in other words you know people in the lower deck of the navy , their sons did n't really have much , ever have much chance of getting into places like Dartmouth College or Cramwell to do as cadets , well the headmaster at Regent Street School had said to me that Keith was very keen on flying , he was aeroplane mad you see , and , he wanted to go in the Royal Air Force , well he said to me he said oh no put him in the Navy and as a chief art as an artificer , so I said oh no , I said if he goes in the Navy or the service I want him to go in the front door not like me the back door , I had ambition for him |
| 28 | She 'd been found at last . |
| 29 | Well no before that , I mean I 'd been told before all this Pete business yesterday night , I was told Elliot fancied me and that was true you know ? |
| 30 | His pelvis fractured and back broken , he 'd been hospitalized for eighteen months , was undergoing final therapy and still a lieutenant in the Finnish Air Force when , on June 25 , 1941 , Finland joined forces with Nazi Germany and declared war on Russia . |