Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] been [prep] [noun] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Christian town of Zahle , which had been under siege by leftist militias , was now open to visitors and traffic , the Syrians cooperating openly with the local Phalangist defenders . |
| 2 | ‘ A particular blackspot was the port of Kaffa in the Crimea , which had been under siege by the Mongols . |
| 3 | Copies of the transitional government 's broad economic programme , which had been under discussion by the Council of Representatives in October and November , became freely available to the public in early December . |
| 4 | The partly suspended sentence of imprisonment had been omitted from the Bill which had passed through all its stages in the Lords , although it had been under consideration by the ACPS . |
| 5 | And Coleby was as hampered now as he had been in Emor by his lack of imagination : get him away from a straightforward discussion of bricks , mortar and money , and the man was lost ; give him a load of crap about the artistic temperament , and his sense of smell deserted him . |