Example sentences of "been approached by a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already I have been approached by a leading soft drinks manufacturer to host the world mountain skateboarding championships down a terrifying course on Sgurr Alasdair . |
| 2 | Some clergymen had been approached by a journalist masquerading as a man in distress about his sexuality . |
| 3 | After trading for some months , he has been approached by a company which says it owns the rights to the trade name Pizza Parlour and that he must desist from using it . |
| 4 | She paced up and down the tiny room while I sat on her bed , and she explained to me that McIllvanney had been approached by a client who had apparently seen Ellen and authorised McIllvanney to offer her the money . |
| 5 | Tucker admits : ‘ I have been approached by a big Welsh club and I know at least four others in the team who have too . |
| 6 | It was therefore timely that the RIBA should have been approached by a number of parties interested in publishing the Journal and eventually a deal with The Builder Group was struck by the Institute . |
| 7 | We have been approached by a video company interested in collaborating with production and marketing , but this would require funding in order to go ahead — costs could be recovered through sales . |
| 8 | Junqueira later stated that he had been offered a US$50,000,000 bribe to drop the charges , through a colleague who had been approached by a businessman in the capital , Brasilia , on Nov. 17 . |
| 9 | Mr Neilsen set out on his campaign last year , after his wife had been approached by a curbcrawler . |
| 10 | Edinburgh solicitor Alistair Duff , confirmed last night he had been approached by a Libyan lawyer who visited Scotland in August . |
| 11 | Councillors said they have been approached by a number of people about the poor repair of the road . |
| 12 | McGregor , who had been approached by a worried neighbour , admitted making use of the computer but claimed it was on legitimate police business . |
| 13 | TVS , which loses its south of England television franchise at end of year , said it had been approached by a third party , which may lead to an alternative take-over offer to the one already proposed . |
| 14 | Cos er , Mark last week said er , he 'd been approached by a wedding to do a disco , he said well I ca n't it 's a Saturday , and then he said well , you know , where are you having the reception , said well we 're looking round at the moment . |
| 15 | Lucy had been approached by an international humanist organisation , there was funding , and Lucy was raring to go . |