Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perry was a thick-set , bull-necked man who looked as if he 'd been eased into his suit with a shoe-horn . |
| 2 | AT THE end of Mass , when the children had been dismissed to their schooling with Brother Paul , and only the choir monks were left as awed witnesses , Abbot Radulfus offered a brief and practical prayer for divine guidance , and approached Saint Winifred 's altar . |
| 3 | The ruling collegium of the Defence Ministry , comprising deputy defence ministers and commanders of forces , had replaced over half its membership after the coup , as reported on Sept. 16 ; Marshal Dmitri Yazov and Gen. Valentin Varennikov , former Defence Minister and Deputy Interior Minister , had both been dismissed following their arrests in August [ see p. 38371 ] . |
| 4 | Some 90,000 have been dismissed from their jobs for political reasons and thousands have been imprisoned for long sentences . |
| 5 | Like all British officials of the Egyptian Government I had been dismissed from my university post eighteen months before , and I was glad that the British Council was able to offer me a small post in Athens , instead of piece work in Cairo . |
| 6 | Workers say that at least one employee has been dismissed from his job without compensation because of illness caused by pollution from the smelter which also processes arsenic , cadmium and lead — well known to have adverse effects . |
| 7 | President Özal 's brother Korkut Özal , himself a prominent pro-Islamist , had publicly criticized Semra Özal 's move into politics , while the President 's cousin , Husnu Dogan , had been dismissed from his post as Minister of Defence in February , reportedly after voicing similar criticisms [ see p. 38022 ] . |
| 8 | In August Wojtowicz had been dismissed from his post and five people , including senior officials of state banks , had been arrested ; following the Art-B scandal the Sejm approved laws to tighten the central bank 's powers of supervision . |
| 9 | He was smarting from the clerical opposition that had been marshaled against his nonsectarian charter for Cornell University . |
| 10 | Just before the accident , he had snatched his favourite toy from his brother and had been stopped by his mother from hitting him over the head . |
| 11 | It had been stopped in its tracks by the Railway Inspectorate and a public outcry . |
| 12 | The first thing that struck me was that of about 100 different offerings at least half a dozen times I 'd been stopped in my tracks by absolutely classic flavours . |
| 13 | Hence in the present case Mr. Dennis had not been divested of his interest under the joint tenancy when his wife died . |
| 14 | In such a situation the true owner may have been divested of his claim against the wrongdoer under section 8(2) ( d ) but if not , he might still be entitled to sue by virtue of his title . |
| 15 | Curiosity may have been aroused by their performances but , according to Watman , ‘ they enjoyed incredible popularity at the time and there was never any suggestion of race as a factor ’ ( personal communication , 1981 ) . |
| 16 | ( On Sept. 7 , at the end of a two-day debate for which the UK House of Commons had been recalled from its summer recess , the UK government had won a vote of confidence over its handling of the Gulf crisis , by 437 votes to 35 . ) |
| 17 | Thus , on Jan. 30 parliament co-opted 120 new members to replace CPCz members who had resigned or who had been recalled by their constituencies . |
| 18 | There were 180,000 guestworkers in East Germany including 40,000 Vietnamese as well as Mozambicans and Cubans ; 40,000 North Koreans had been recalled by their government when demonstrations threatened the old regime . |
| 19 | 1 on the ground , having been flown from their barracks in Omagh some twenty miles away . |
| 20 | Proletarianisation has occurred in Latin America because the peasantry have been dispossessed of their land or because their land has become insufficient to support a family . |
| 21 | In the western United States travellers encountered the native Americans , the Indians who had so often been dispossessed of their lands and livelihoods by the railway companies . |
| 22 | This strong international potential may well be one of the reasons why Philips has been joined in its CD-I initiative by partners such as Sony and Matsushita . |
| 23 | Among Sikhs , for example , many of the first male immigrants arrived in the 1950s , by the 60s they had been joined by their wives and children and by the 70s many of them had brought their elderly parents . |
| 24 | She had been joined by her two travelling companions . |
| 25 | For much of time he been joined by his wife Joanne , who has worked tirelessly with the country 's zoo to help care for captive chimpanzees and a small collection of other African animals . |
| 26 | The Scottish No1 , Russell Devine , has been joined by his Inverness team-mate , Dave Allan , and both have just set new personal bests . |
| 27 | He should have been in bed , but it was breathlessly hot , and Richard , who was at home , had been irritated by his whining . |
| 28 | The elderly diabetic lady had just been tucked into her bed when the doors were opened for visitors . |
| 29 | The language of special education had long been tucked under my belt , but now I was faced with filling in timetables with terms such as ‘ DD ’ time — departmental duties , to the uninitiated — in other words , time when I was not actually in direct teaching contact with students . |
| 30 | Clinicians , most notably , have been guarded in their enthusiasm about becoming embroiled in management . |