Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] be the subject " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heaven knew she 'd been the subject of enough prurient curiosity in the few short weeks she 'd been running the club . |
| 2 | Our interview with her was the first news she had ever had that she had been the subject of a judgement summons . |
| 3 | Miss Marshall complained of unlawful sex discrimination and her case went to the European Court of Justice where it was decided that she had been the subject of such unlawful discrimination . |
| 4 | Clive had a stammer and had learnt through regression that it had originated when he had been the subject of bullying at school . |
| 5 | Whereas formerly he had been the subject of history , taking pride of place in God 's historical scheme from creation onwards , now ‘ the human being no longer has any history : or rather , since he speaks , works , and lives , he finds himself interwoven in his own being with histories that are neither subordinate to him nor homogeneous with him ’ ( 368 — 9 ) . |