Example sentences of "[vb past] been [verb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd been offered a second chance of salvation . |
| 2 | ‘ But then one night , under the covers — I was just getting older , I guess , but anyway — I was sort of reviewing the day , and I was thinking about school , and what we 'd learned , and we 'd been doing the Second World War , and I had n't liked the sound of this Hitler guy at all ; and I 'd asked dad , just to double-check , and — ’ |
| 3 | Reuben Boll had been taking the last part of his annual leave . |
| 4 | Earlier , on Oct. 5 , Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi had been appointed the first woman member of the Supreme Court . |
| 5 | It had been worn the last time the Mendozas beat the O'Briens in the Open and on every occasion they had met since . |
| 6 | About half their original sample had been given a second interview four years after the first . |
| 7 | Half an hour after the finish the stewards disqualified the Schlesser/Baldi Mercedes on the grounds that it had been given a tenth of a litre more than its 246-litre fuel allowance . |
| 8 | Still , in the next few days as the news began to filter in from Niki 's hospital that Niki had been given the last rites , that he had inhaled burning fuel and damaged his lungs , that his face had been appallingly burned , the facts did begin to sink in . |
| 9 | The delay had been to give the second team time to gain position . |
| 10 | The Harp , who had been chasing a fifth consecutive Division One title , were also thrown out of the Queensferry Sports Challenge Cup and this decision was upheld by the Coast FA . |
| 11 | He had been defeated the first time , but that foray into the arena had taught him a lot . |
| 12 | If he knew how old she was he might want her to tell him what she had been doing the last few years . |
| 13 | Two weeks after my course finished and I was back in the ‘ real world ’ on a murder enquiry , I received notification I had been awarded the second scholarship in the force . |