Example sentences of "had been put up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sefton Council prosecutor Robin Thomaides told South Sefton court : ‘ The signs had been put up without planning permission and were clearly visible to passing motorists . ’ |
| 2 | Through the centuries about twenty-five houses had been built in Ploughman 's Lane , first of all for the minor gentry , the widows and kinsmen , for instance , of the lord of the manor ; in more recent times , equally large and widely spaced dwellings had been put up for the professional class . |
| 3 | The 77,000 acre Mar Lodge Estate , which contains remnants of the ancient Caledonian forest , had been put up for sale by its American owner , John Kluge , at an asking price of £10 million . |
| 4 | At Thirsk a lamb with a broken leg had been put up for sale , and transit offences to cattle and sheep rose from no convictions in 1990 to 15 last year . |
| 5 | Jackson had been put up at a boarding house , to await the arrival of Herbert Chapman next morning . |
| 6 | Scaffolding worth £200 which had been put up at Firthmoor Infants School in Estoril Road South , Darlington , has been stolen . |
| 7 | Although David Cecil was and always had been a devout Christian , he became the favourite candidate of those who resented the ‘ clerical candidate ’ , the man who had been put up by Lewis , just because he was a Christian . |
| 8 | In earlier incidents , OMON units on Jan. 14 had briefly occupied a police station in Riga , and had tried to remove two of the barricades which had been put up by Latvians on main roads , bridges and around public buildings in response to events in Vilnius . |
| 9 | Patrick and Jane had been put up in a room in the Shelbourne Hotel which faced St Stephen 's Green . |
| 10 | Calls from the floor for a re-introduction of travel assistance for staff and more provision of facilities for the disabled were dexterously handled , as were queries over the treatment of extraordinary and exceptional items , valuation of properties and directors ' remuneration which Sir Lewis said had been put up in line with the rises awarded to employees . |