Example sentences of "car which had been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indica 's contacts with modern art had yielded , through the Robert Fraser Gallery a large American car which had been painted in fashionable stripes by New York 's Binder , Edwards and Vaughan , interior decorators . |
| 2 | The raiders made off in a car which had been reported stolen earlier . |
| 3 | An old car which had been driven across in front of the shooting targets was ideal , so we attached fifteen kilos of the explosive to it in different places , fixed up the detonators , trailed fuse wire back several yards and clipped on the incendiary devices which would activate the firing process . |
| 4 | After a number of break-ins at a Darlington shop a sharp-eyed witness contacted the police with details of a car which had been spotted nearby . |
| 5 | In most cases the thieves targeted cars which had been left with bags or other valuables clearly visible . |
| 6 | The ex-London United cars which had been working on the Croydon — Mitcham route were now transferred to the Sutton route , to work alongside the J type cars ( 1s-16s ) , four of which were withdrawn and sent to Brixton Hill . |
| 7 | Although by 1939 a total of 104 new trams had been delivered since 1933 , there was still a requirement for some new cars to replace the old open-sided Fleetwood cars which had been retained for seasonal use . |