Example sentences of "had [been] shown [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gay men who had been shown a stiff cock in a public lavatory by a policeman , and were then promptly arrested for showing an interest , were n't slow to remind us that , thanks to Queen Victoria , lesbianism was not illegal . |
| 2 | But he said that the amnesty would not cover players who had been shown the red card and sent off for serious offences during qualifying games . |
| 3 | But he said that the amnesty would not cover players who had been shown the red card and sent off for serious offences during qualifying games . |
| 4 | Admiral Mountbatten and Professor Zuckerman had visited the United States in the autumn of 1959 and had been shown the massive underground silos of the Titan intercontinental ballistic missiles , and had concluded , quite rightly , that Britain had neither the resources nor the need to enter the land-based ICBM league . |
| 5 | Malekith had been shown the secret trade routes of the Dwarfs during his period as Bel Shanaar 's ambassador , and he now used that knowledge to his own benefit . |
| 6 | Hermann Neuberger , the chairman of the International Football Federation World Cup organising committee , said players who had been shown the yellow card once during qualifying games would not have to carry it over to the finals . |
| 7 | Hermann Neuberger , the chairman of the International Football Federation World Cup organising committee , said players who had been shown the yellow card once during qualifying games would not have to carry it over to the finals . |
| 8 | ‘ He had been shown the yellow card and the referee had had a word with him and although he did n't like being substituted , I did it for his own good . |