Example sentences of "they had been [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By this time they had been chucked out of the garden of course . |
| 2 | An audible groan rippled through the new Form Two , quelled at once by one of Miss Hardbroom 's piercing glances which always made each pupil feel that they had been noticed personally . |
| 3 | He said at Dumfries Sheriff Court that he and his friend had gone to the upstairs lavatory in the dormitory building about half-an-hour after going to bed when they had been called over to the girls ' room . |
| 4 | They had been called out to a little boy who had been playing behind the family car when his father had reversed it out of the garage . |
| 5 | It had only two doors and by the time they had been pushed roughly into the back , with the Woman leaning round in the front seat to point the small gun at them , they hardly dared to breathe . |
| 6 | Many professionals wish they had been given more detailed and honest feedback far sooner , perhaps as early as the SSI/RHA 's initial monitoring . |
| 7 | In several respects , though , the fate of Black Fury had confirmed basic Warner Bros notions and they continued to pick up ideas for movies from the daily papers , they went on believing that social melodrama could be profitable , and they had been given further evidence that Muni could win acclaim by projecting himself as a hard-done-by but eventually triumphant saint . |
| 8 | There was no covert there larger than an acre or two and they had been placed as much for their scenic effect as for their game-preserving role . |
| 9 | Most crossed just for the experience of a freedom they had been denied so long . |
| 10 | They had been conversing easily all afternoon . |
| 11 | The fact that they had been warned off but made it the more attractive . |
| 12 | They had been speaking quite naturally in Yek . |
| 13 | They hung at the end of slender wrists and looked as if they had been tacked on to the wrong person . |
| 14 | They had been geared up to use so much physical energy that even when they were very old they had a dynamic force within their bodies for which they had no outlet . |
| 15 | The hedges were just beginning to take a firm hold , and the lawns still showed the geometric pattern of the turfs as they had been fitted together . |
| 16 | They had accepted Jesus Christ as their , as their saviour , they had been born again . |
| 17 | Often these children had no idea why they had been sent away . |
| 18 | They had been sent on from Sydney by their nephew Henry , who had left for Australia a few weeks earlier to live with his uncle , Stephen Coxen , at Yarrundi in New South Wales . |
| 19 | Chief Inspector Chips Salter was one of the officers they had been sent in to bring under control and Salter both guessed this ( although all such information was supposed to be highly confidential ) , and naturally — resented it . |
| 20 | They may have thought they had been abused therefore they could do it . |
| 21 | No wonder they had been covered up . |
| 22 | ‘ They had been covered up by layers of varnish and paint over the years and no-one knew what lay underneath . ’ |
| 23 | But of course they had been drunk too , worse , most of them far worse than herself — perhaps they had forgotten she was ever with them . |
| 24 | They had been built just before the war and were only now being used for their intended purpose . |
| 25 | Those who had accepted the old beliefs about women — her slower sexual arousal , natural chastity and requirement for serious emotional involvement — were bound to ask themselves whether they had been led up the garden path . |
| 26 | The previous year regular Arts Centre visitors complained they had been kept out of the centre because of the massive popularity of the festival . |
| 27 | The previous year regular Arts Centre visitors complained they had been kept out because of the festival . |
| 28 | The farmer whose land they had been riding on had looked up his old racing programmes and had found the Newbury card listing the horse he said Bones reminded him of . |
| 29 | Friends say they had been looking forward to the holiday for months . |
| 30 | Informations were listed for hearing but the justices were not satisfied that they had been served so further summonses were issued . |