Example sentences of "[vb past] been [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd been so sure he 'd been born to money . |
| 2 | If she 'd been born on time this party would n't have happened until Christmas . |
| 3 | Do you think if he 'd been sent into hospital earlier he would n't have been in such a |
| 4 | Digging might not be classed as essential training , but he 'd been sent on attachment to learn all about real soldiering . |
| 5 | As soon as Moby was too old for puppy classes , he went to the bigger-dog classes , run by Jenny , to reinforce what he 'd been taught at puppy classes and , most importantly , what he 'd learned at home . |
| 6 | I managed four , but they tasted like they 'd been pickled in piss . ’ |
| 7 | We 'd been filled with school milk and cod-liver oil and orange juice , but only the few scheme-housing children had bathrooms . |
| 8 | Though his features looked as if they 'd been carved from stone , in the depths of his gaze something stirred . |
| 9 | Then in March , his mother was told he 'd been killed in action |
| 10 | I 'd been invited to dinner too , but declined . |
| 11 | He 'd been stabbed to death . |
| 12 | He 'd been battered to death . |
| 13 | They were there only because they 'd been stopped at gunpoint from going any farther — by the Turkish army , a key NATO ally of the US and Britain . |
| 14 | ‘ If I 'd been trained in mind-reading rather than riot control , Dexter , I 'd tell you . ’ |
| 15 | Only at the last moment , when he 'd been recognized in turn , did Zen realize that it was Daniele Miletti . |
| 16 | SHe wondered whether SHe 'd been missed from Club Eleusis yet . |
| 17 | He 'd been put to bed early , exhausted after a visit from Konstantin and his girlfriend . |
| 18 | ‘ How did you know I 'd been put on probation ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Thank you for all the help you gave to us and to Bob during the last few days of his illness — I only wish we 'd been put in touch with ACET sooner . |
| 20 | But his career all but ended that August day in 1967 when the MCC announced he 'd been suspended from bowling suspected of throwing for the rest of the season . |
| 21 | He 'd been released on bail by Cheltenham magistrates after being charged with raping a twenty year old woman . |
| 22 | I knew that from when I 'd gone to watch them play in the past , but I 'd been cured of insomnia for some time now . |
| 23 | She pulled herself together with an effort , trying to remember what she 'd been told about wine-tasting , holding the glass carefully by the stem , and sniffing delicately . |
| 24 | She felt as if she 'd been dipped in slime . |
| 25 | He 'd been smashed on booze once or twice , but this was different . |
| 26 | He 'd lost weight , his eyes were staring and red as if they 'd been rolled in grit , and his clothes hung on him like a scarecrow 's ; it was almost as if , in the course of the past few weeks , he 'd been drained of the zest and the energy and the sense of confidence that she 'd steadily been picking up . |
| 27 | Sam was n't privileged to meet them either as he 'd been set to work whitewashing the Barracks , which they never got around to inspecting . |
| 28 | people who 'd been expelled for cannabis , |
| 29 | i found myself in the same place where I 'd been wounded in Easter , 1917 . |
| 30 | I was looking at him and his face suddenly went minutely stiff , as if he 'd been caught off guard . |