Example sentences of "they [verb] [been] [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Beach-heads hear they 've been cursed by a Swells SOTW |
| 2 | Not even squatters camped in this place , so more likely they 'd been broken by locals scavenging for carpets or pipes . |
| 3 | For part of the trip in a flat bed truck they 'd been acompanied by armed guards , but no-one had told them why . |
| 4 | She could not make out the words , but knew instinctively they 'd been uttered by the uncle of her child . |
| 5 | The roadshow now belongs to the mythology of the miners , the leadership had made the effort , they 'd gone on the road , and they 'd been rewarded by a clutch of standing ovations . |
| 6 | They 'd been denigrated by the clinical psycho anal analysts who have followed after Freud , and used Freudian therapy , because they 're non-therapeutic . |
| 7 | They 'd been withdrawn by somebody . ’ |
| 8 | Were these merely eddies in the mud on the bottom of the primeval seas or could they have been formed by living organisms ? |
| 9 | Never could they have been visited by so many young girls . |
| 10 | Does it make them any weaker because they 've been adopted by young women who dislike the feminist label or by the ‘ I 'm not a feminist but ’ brigade ? |
| 11 | But erm , that 's the idea , you see , that these kids , er well , you know , they may be delinquent , and do lots of nasty things , but it 's only the way they 've been treated by society . |
| 12 | In a sense responding to our questions , naturally , depending on how they 've been treated by their employer can we have your comments about the sort of legal framework you think the pension fund should be in and then Jeremy will take over . |
| 13 | This week it was the first time they 've been beaten by the Irish in the league . |
| 14 | They 've been replaced by the L and the M series . |
| 15 | By and large they 've been replaced by computers now . |
| 16 | It 's when the family come in and they 've been prepared by a doctor whose speciality it is , and they have lists of things that they have witnessed you do , that have embarrassed and humiliated them . |
| 17 | Yet they are n't fakes , for it would appear that they 've been printed by the county 's National Mint . |
| 18 | If someone knows they 've been contaminated by a needle or a knife , for instance , then I think the testing certainly is available . ’ |
| 19 | But hospital staff say they 've been vindicated by the inquest verdict . |
| 20 | Equitable treatments must be devised that recognize economic sacrifices ( whether they 've been made by men or women ) as well as economic achievements . |
| 21 | There was a bit in the paper today about er Ratners , in the Samuels outlet selling carriage clocks for three hundred pounds and claiming that they are solid mahogany cases , but as they 're chipboard with a mahogany veneer , and er they 've been had by the Trades Descriptions Act , three , who would pay three hundred pounds for a mahogany one anyway ? |
| 22 | They 've been sponsored by Rover dealers round the country to build the kit karts and introduce their own technical modifications . |
| 23 | is the space like he , he says they 've been woken by . |
| 24 | In the U K the improvement plans we 've been working on for the last two years have been very successfully implemented but they 've been overtaken by the U K recession . |
| 25 | A group of families living beside one of the region 's busiest commuter routes are facing a five-mile detour to get home , because they 've been marooned by roadworks.They say it 's making their lives a misery , and want engineers to make them a special short cut to improve things . |
| 26 | They 've been designed by sculptor John Buckley . |
| 27 | Already because they 've been approved by the board . |
| 28 | Rolling bream are not frightened bream , nor do they hang around in the swim if they 've been spooked by an escaping fish . |
| 29 | ‘ They 've been lifted by our win at Old Trafford and the fact that we are unbeaten after three games . |
| 30 | Thames Valley Police say they ca n't comment on the figures until they 've been discussed by the relevant committee next week . |