Example sentences of "[conj] a [adj] [adj] [vb past] be " in BNC.

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1 The removal of a centre of consciousness to which the narrative discourse could be attached and the self-conscious preoccupation with both the linguistic/ verbal origins of the text and the status of the reading and writing of fiction suggested that a new aesthetic had been evolved .
2 Jaelani told Suharto that up to 50 people had died in the cemetery and a further 91 had been injured .
3 According to a report on the ( West Beirut-based ) Radio Lebanon on Sept. 9 a total of 78 people had died in the fighting , and a further 240 had been injured .
4 Some 60 people had died in the fighting and a further 150 had been injured , mostly Palestinians .
5 It was claimed in 1803 that no less than 90 out of 165 canal acts obtained since 1758 had been concerned primarily with coal carriage , while a further 47 had been linked to iron or non-ferrous metal works or mines .
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