Example sentences of "'d been [verb] [adv prt] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can you imagine getting dragged down to Lord 's only after you 'd been hung up by every sports page in the country ? |
| 2 | I had a feeling they 'd been blocked off by the malais and had n't been able to go by the quickest route they wanted . |
| 3 | After that row with my father , I felt I 'd been turned down by them all . |
| 4 | Er w and he 'd been turned down by and all the other er top lawyers in |
| 5 | Rayleen did n't find anything else broken , though she seemed convinced I 'd been run over by a steamroller . |
| 6 | ‘ It seemed to me she 'd been worn down by leading a life she was n't fitted for . |
| 7 | Dad said , and it must have cost him a lot to say so little after he 'd been put down by me , ‘ I 've decided I want to be with Eva . ’ |
| 8 | Erm yes , they er , they felt they 'd been let down by the Railway men , I think , or someone else at the beginning at the Strike , and they were out on a limb but er they 'd got to make the best of it . |
| 9 | But today they contacted their colleagues in Oxford to say they 'd been held up by blizzards . |
| 10 | There was one abominable story of a young man to whom this happened , a freelance journalist , who 'd been taken on by one of the agencies on a temporary trial which had n't worked out . |
| 11 | She 'd been taken on by Harman almost as — well yes , his protégé really . |
| 12 | William who was a widower told his son he could believe he 'd been taken in by the conmen . |
| 13 | I learnt by various devious means , ’ and here he winked at her , ‘ that they 'd been taken out by someone in the section that deals with the interrogation of defectors from the Soviet Union . |
| 14 | There he 'd been picked up by his mother Ruth . |
| 15 | The trap in Sam 's boathouse kept intruding and so did Angela Brickell ; the cold threat of khaki water that could rush into aching lungs to bring oblivion and the earthy girl who 'd been claimed back by the earth , eaten clean by earth creatures , become earth-digested dust . |
| 16 | We thought he 'd been knocked over by a hit and run driver . ’ |
| 17 | Maybe he 'd been scared off by the snow and taken Caspar home . |