Example sentences of "been [verb] with a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yet that part of the interview could have been dismissed with a laugh in five seconds . |
| 2 | The house had been furnished with a lot of money badly spent in a mixture of styles . |
| 3 | David Edward Hughes , whose experiments with the ‘ printing telegraph ’ led to the development of an efficient microphone during the 1870's , has been honoured with a plaque at his former lodgings . |
| 4 | It continued to be so through more than two decades , and then — in the mid-1980s — it seemed , almost inexplicably , to be secure no longer , despite his having only recently been honoured with a knighthood for services to literature . |
| 5 | Why had the two men been favoured with a sound of the supernatural ? |
| 6 | Over the past three years my department has been collaborating with a training programme for general practitioners based at the Conceicao Hospital in Porto Alegre , a large city in the southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul with a population of around 1.5 million . |
| 7 | The investigations of the small mammal faunas from Westbury cave have been undertaken with a view to interpreting their palaeoecology . |
| 8 | Of course , compared to what they had been producing with a typewriter and some rub-down lettering , the desktop publishing system was producing wonderful material — it just did n't conform to any of the professional standards . |
| 9 | Young people approaching the age when they would no longer be the formal responsibility of the local authorities became the primary consumers of residential care for several reasons : first , many had been placed with a family and temporary readmission to residential care was needed when such placements broke down ; second , some did not wish to join a new family and preferred group living amongst other young people and appointed caregivers ; and third , some were admitted to a residential setting for help with specific problems or as part of a strategy to prepare them for independent living . |
| 10 | How will follow up and rehabilitation services for patients who have undergone joint replacements be organized if the surgical contract has been placed with a hospital some distance away from the DHA ? |
| 11 | On that occasion he had been treated with a degree of courtesy not far short of deference and he had subconsciously expected the same of his interview with Chief Inspector Golding . |
| 12 | This is partly because the textiles and coverings have been treated with a sodium borate solution ( to increase their resistance to fire ) which has had an adverse effect on their appearance , and partly because most of the paintwork needs renewing . |
| 13 | The US navy has been plagued with a string of embarrassing incidents . |
| 14 | Owner occupied housing has been developed with a view to derived profits via the production route . |
| 15 | In addition to this , candidates are required to submit a dissertation on a topic The course has been developed with a view to preparing students for proceeding to research work in their field , or seeking employment in cultural institutions or the media . |
| 16 | There was nothing wrong with the boat 's lines , which were sleekly functional , but her long powerful hull , her upperworks , and even the interior of her capacious working deck had all been painted with a wartime dazzle paint . |
| 17 | Robson , 35 , has been struggling with a recurrence of a calf injury and missed the explosive Manchester derby at Old Trafford on Tuesday . |
| 18 | From 19 April 1993 the Supreme Court taxing office has been experimenting with a pilot scheme and a set of draft rules is contained within Practice Direction 1 of 1993 . |
| 19 | His mother had been singing with a company playing in a northern seaside town and he had lain on his bed in the boarding house , biting his nails , sunk under a terrible inertia . |
| 20 | Everything that the Megas have achieved has been received with a degree of surprise . |
| 21 | In those days , too , she had been afraid of Gareth Davis , but her fear had been tinged with an awareness of his overt masculinity . |
| 22 | Dick 's fighter was not without its problems , the primary one being that the fuselage had been modified with a hacksaw so that there would be room to put a second seat in the airframe . |
| 23 | His jeans looked as if they 'd been slashed with a knife . |
| 24 | He said his flat on the estate had been robbed by a man whose knees had been smashed with a baseball bat after falling foul of a loan shark . |
| 25 | This was to gather under the very roof of Darlington Hall the most influential of the gentlemen whose support had been won with a view to conducting an ‘ unofficial ’ international conference — a conference that would discuss the means by which the harshest terms of the Versailles treaty could be revised . |
| 26 | A 5th sheep belonging to a farmer in another field had also been attacked with a knife and beaten to death . |
| 27 | A pub landlord has been attacked with a knife and locked in his own cellar during a robbery . |
| 28 | She had been attacked with a machete . |
| 29 | The beech on London 's Barnes Common has been attacked with a chain saw and is in danger of toppling over . |
| 30 | Police said : ‘ He has been reported with a view to prosecution . ’ |