Example sentences of "[vb past] been [vb pp] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think he 'd been fascinated by the wooden leg banging on the floor . |
| 2 | She could not make out the words , but knew instinctively they 'd been uttered by the uncle of her child . |
| 3 | Dot was glad she 'd been warned by the dancing man because there was no warning from Gloria . |
| 4 | They 'd been denigrated by the clinical psycho anal analysts who have followed after Freud , and used Freudian therapy , because they 're non-therapeutic . |
| 5 | I 'd been trained by the P-PRD Division . |
| 6 | Another possibility , also in view of your youth , was that you 'd been seduced by the idea of flouting convention by involving yourself with a married man . |
| 7 | He 'd gone and been impressed with what he 'd been told by the visiting medium , though he was n't convinced . |
| 8 | We 'd been told by the guardian that the bolts on the climb were ‘ good . ’ |
| 9 | She , she 'd been told by the Reeds that |
| 10 | Mr was well aware because he 'd been told by the plaintiffs solicitors that the plaintiffs received terms for cover or to obtain interest on their costs , the plaintiffs solicitors wrote specifically to Mr enquiring was his offer in , in the sum of forty two thousand pounds , that 's er the possible agreed settlement figure for costs , er if it was inclusive or exclusive of interest erm there were some delay but er Mr wrote back in due course making clear that interest was n't included , I should also say that in Mr er proposed bill of costs he had disallowed interest for a fairly short period in respect of both the plaintiffs bill of costs and the defendants bill of costs and the plaintiffs solicitors do n't appear to have erm taken any point on that , but as I say it , the point as to interest was specifically raised by the plaintiffs solicitors letter and er I 'm quite satisfied on the correspondence that they when it came to the matter were seen , were desires of obtaining interest in respect of their costs . |
| 11 | And the marvellous thing in Plato of Socrates , when he 'd been told by the Delphic Oracle that he was the wisest of men , he started off like a sort of good poperian scientist trying to falsify this and he went round finding people wiser than himself and he went to various people and they were n't any wiser , and then he thought ‘ Oh , the poets , they 're marvellous people , they know so much ’ , and he went to them and he found that the had n't a clue what they 'd written . |
| 12 | And the marvellous thing in Plato , of Socrates , erm when he 'd been told by the Delphic oracle that he was the wisest of men , he , he started off like a sort of good Popperian scientist trying to falsify this , erm and he went round finding people wiser than himself , and he went to various people and they were n't any wiser , and then he thought , ‘ Oh , the poets ! |
| 13 | Patrick himself made a statement to my sister which I 've got on tape , saying he 'd been discarded by the woman he married . |
| 14 | All along that awful journey I 'd been tortured by the thought that someone might have found and moved the dinghy and that I would be trapped in this hellish marsh . |
| 15 | Although she 'd been enchanted by the boisterous reunions , her attention was immediately arrested by the man 's striking colouring . |
| 16 | Oh , it was eighteen months I should imagine , I was doing quite well , I 'd been praised by the head electrician and everything , for further advancement till er that particular incident stopped it . |
| 17 | On the other hand , I 'd been pulled by the cops for reasons not yet clear but had something to do with enigmatic Jo Scamp and her gaff in Sedgeley House . |
| 18 | He 'd been hired by the man 's parents but still faces up to 20 years in gaol . |
| 19 | It seemed as bright as day out on the newly-laid forecourt and it was as if she 'd been caught by the lights , trapped and dazed like a rabbit on a long country road . |
| 20 | I helped along people who 'd been caught by the police , sentenced by the court and had their death warrant signed by the Home Secretary . |
| 21 | I helped along people who 'd been caught by the police , sentenced by the court and had their death warrant signed by the Home Secretary . |
| 22 | She was still in her night things , and somehow did n't seem able to make the simplest connections in her mind ; right hand hugging her left elbow , she 'd been rocking herself gently ever since she 'd been wakened by the sounds of garage doors opening and cars being started in the mews outside her window . |
| 23 | Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway played with phallic imagery , played sexy , played violent and played Robin Hood by robbing banks to help farmers who 'd been foreclosed by the banks . |
| 24 | She 'd been lured by the old-fascination of ships and water . |
| 25 | If no date had been fixed by the end of 1997 than the European System of Central Banks had to be established by July 1 , 1998 , and stage three would begin by Jan. 1 , 1999 , at the latest . |
| 26 | Léonie kept her hands outside the covers as she had been taught by the nuns at her primary school . |
| 27 | The MP vigorously denied assault and said he had been struck by the officer . |
| 28 | A month before he went up in 1897 his father 's first cousin ( and namesake ) had been struck by the lad 's awkward manners , silent gaucherie , unsuitable dress , and down-covered chin ; three years later Edward returned the visit in a colours blazer , accompanied by his wife and his eight-months-old son . |
| 29 | Ari had been struck by the smells of Arcady more than anything . |
| 30 | Lutyens had been struck by the emphasis she had placed on the word — and on her choice of it ; chaste was not a word Miss Jekyll usually employed when planning her gardens , and Lutyens bore it in mind throughout — hence the austerity to which he adhered on the terraces . |