Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] be [adv] [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been sexually abused and all of a sudden the poison that had been there for years started boiling to the surface . |
| 2 | Some five years ago when I first encountered the system on a trip to America I recall being both impressed and disappointed . |
| 3 | However , having said that , I was impressed with the range of Book Tokens ’ advertising , which I thought was carefully targeted and attractive . ’ |
| 4 | I had been both committed and non-committal . |
| 5 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |
| 6 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |
| 7 | When Miss Temple received a letter from Dr Lloyd , agreeing that what I had said was true , she told the whole school that I had been wrongly accused and was not a liar . |
| 8 | I 've been thoroughly examined and the cardiologist has advised me to have coronary angioplasty . |
| 9 | ‘ I have been shamefully beguiled and deceived . |
| 10 | ‘ Although , God knows ’ , he said , ‘ the poor Birds ought to have a holiday from me for years to come , for I have been incessantly shooting and my own gun was not the only one that waged war upon them . |
| 11 | I have been badly deceived and robbed . |
| 12 | I do n't know why I tell you this , but that I have been exceedingly moved and pleased by Jane Eyre . |
| 13 | ‘ We are delighted to have created this prestigious exhibition which has been well received and enjoyed by so many visitors . ’ |
| 14 | Another high performance Swan which has been constantly improved and upgraded . |
| 15 | The stone which emerged was much repaired and very rough , and the vaulted ceiling of the apse was found to be coated in a dull brown plaster . |
| 16 | He also protested at the general level of unemployment in the country and issued specific demands for the reinstatement of the standing of the Panamanian security forces which had been largely disarmed and reduced to a police force by the US-backed civilian government . |
| 17 | More apt for Flaubert , un ours was nineteenth-century slang for a play which had been frequently submitted and turned down , but eventually accepted . |
| 18 | There is a lethal or semi-lethal dwarfing factor in the breed , sometimes called the bulldog-calf syndrome , the genetics of which have been closely studied and which seems to be slightly different to the dwarfing factor sometimes seen in other cattle breeds . |
| 19 | Both Age Concern England and Age Concern Scotland have produced wallet-sized fact cards which have been widely distributed and used . |
| 20 | Many bacteria can also be isolated from insects and may be important in the natural control of insect populations , but the only bacteria which have been extensively studied and used as pest control agents are Bacillus spp . |
| 21 | Gardens which have been carefully designed and closely planted may appear to be unsuitable for additional plantings of herbs , but a herbaceous border , for instance , which needs to be re-dug every few years , with some of its incumbents divided or discarded , can well take some herbal plants , to supply flowers and/or architectural quality . |
| 22 | unit specifications for units in courses which have been nationally developed and are included in Batch 1 . |
| 23 | She has been hopelessly sentimentalized and hopelessly magicalized by tradition , with the result that Christian feminism has come to be uncomfortable with her . |
| 24 | Katherine Colgrave 's lawyers claim she only discovered in 1984 that she may have escaped disability if she 'd been correctly diagnosed and treated soon after birth . |
| 25 | She 'd been sexually assaulted and strangled and her body forced into a suitcase measuring 2 ft 10 by 2 ft 6 . |
| 26 | Certainly , the children I see who have been rigidly controlled and not allowed to express bad feelings are often ill-tempered and uncooperative . |
| 27 | ‘ The many controversies about the election of the said officer [ the wakeman ] and about contempts made by persons who having been lawfully chosen and elected to the said office according to ancient custom and continual practice yet have utterly refused to undergo the said office or satisfy the ordinary fines accustomed and adjudged for contempts . ’ |
| 28 | She had been brutally assaulted and strangled , her body mutilated and her throat slashed from ear to ear . |
| 29 | When the proceedings were adjourned for lunch , Julia collected the notes she had been conscientiously making and pushed them into her briefcase , before looking for David to see whether he wanted to have lunch with her . |
| 30 | ‘ You do a bit , ’ said Betty with a note of true concern , and quite taking the wind out of Lydia 's sails , who wondered whether it was true that she had been seriously wounded and was repressing her hurt to the detriment of her psyche . |