Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [prep] a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The accident happened after a stolen red rover car accelerated away into King edwards avenue , when it 's occupants realised they had been spotted by a police patrol . |
| 32 | Since early 1919 , agitation against Britain 's support for the various anti-Soviet armies in Russia had been co-ordinated by a Hands Off Russia Committee run by the far left , but supported by UDC intellectuals , Quakers and many Liberals . |
| 33 | From there he 'd been taken in a police van to Whitely by two police officers . |
| 34 | An eleven year old boy who 's committed a string of motoring offences has been sent to a children 's centre two hundred miles from his home , because he keeps absconding . |
| 35 | Though the apolitical villain was fairly quickly apprehended , Churchill 's portrait has just been discovered in a police raid on a suspected handler . |
| 36 | The Chipmunk is also of interest , its previous identity suggesting it was recently acquired from the MoD but not so — it is an ex Army Air Corps example that was sold many years ago after storage at Kemble and has been kept as a spares source at the gliding site at Currock Hill , Northumberland , for at least fifteen years . |
| 37 | A thermal imaging camera , which can find and follow suspects even at night , has been fitted to a police helicopter . |
| 38 | Now they want to gain ownership of Wolvercote Common which has long been managed by a commoners committee . |
| 39 | A research and advice centre on plant diseases on pests , it has been described as a doctors ' surgery for farmers . |
| 40 | A search has been launched after a couples mysterious disappearance . |