Example sentences of "be [vb pp] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | An hour later , when the board had been filled and emptied a hundred times and the duster was whiter than Rose 's hair after a day under the machines , the children sat back , dazed by the splendour of Miss Harker 's academic prowess and not a whit the wiser for it . |
| 2 | I think there was a corner in the market that had n't been filled and we were there to do it . |
| 3 | Inside there is a piscina and in the bedrooms can be seen the outline of old windows that have been filled and plastered over . |
| 4 | The Preamble to the new recommendations acknowledged the changes : " Some important gaps in knowledge have been filled and new issues have emerged to challenge the international community . |
| 5 | More than 400 district council seats have been filled and although support for Alliance has improved , the anticipated fall in support for the DUP did not materialise . |
| 6 | It will not rest until the death has been avenged and the murderer punished , when it will fly to the Afterworld and inform the victim of his murderer 's fate . |
| 7 | Yesterday police were still combing the area for any similar devices which may have been hidden and for further clues . |
| 8 | The scratches had been hidden and it now shone like new . |
| 9 | But , being , a cunning old devil and a bit of a peeping tom , ( a purvoyeur ) , he knew where every valuable had been hidden and late one night he removed everything leaving the holes empty . |
| 10 | A few days later the sergeant called to say that the fingerprints on the envelope were not those of the gardener who had been dismissed and that the poor , wronged man had been given back his job . |
| 11 | Second , other employees who had gone to the canteen on commencing a shift had not been dismissed and none of them knew that they risked that penalty . |
| 12 | Many of them have had their terms and conditions reduced , some have been dismissed and they now have no one to turn to as they have turned their back on the Trade Union which is their only guarantee of protection ’ . |
| 13 | Gen. V. Dovgan , a senior military-industrial administrator , had been dismissed and stripped of his rank after it had been revealed that he informally approved the sale of the tanks to ANT , and Deputy Aviation Industry Minister Anatoly Bratukhin had been dismissed for gross violation of arms export regulations . |
| 14 | Ung Phan , Minister of Communications , Transport and Posts , had been dismissed and arrested along with five Army and Foreign Ministry officials . |
| 15 | Another unexpected disappearance from the scene was that of the defence minister himself , Adnan Khairallah , the President 's cousin , reported early in 1989 as having been dismissed and later to have died in a helicopter crash . |
| 16 | It is the responsibility of students enrolled on a programme of studies to ensure that they obtain , read and understand both HCIMA and Centre regulations relating to the area(s) of study on which they are enrolled and abide by these regulations . |
| 17 | apply to the centre where they are enrolled and obtain written confirmation that they are prepared to liaise with and forward examination paper(s) to the selected examination centre . |
| 18 | Now that the Apple Computer Inc v Microsoft Corp lawsuit has been defanged and the only thing standing between Bill Gates and world domination is the Federal Trading Commission — see page three : there may be more truth than not in the observation that Microsoft wants IBM to have OS/2 so they ca n't be accused of being a monopoly . |
| 19 | It also appears that as the low variants are replaced by higher ones , the relevant vowels are lengthened and sometimes diphthongized : thus , as the rules are applied , conservative variants such as [ rant , raent ] : ‘ rent ’ , are replaced by [ rΕnt ] ( raising and lengthening ) and [ rΕ ? nt ] ( diphthongization ) . |
| 20 | At San Vicente Hospital , when I went to give birth , I met a young woman who had been coerced and she only had three children . |
| 21 | Caution : Do not apply pressure if the sinuses are swollen and painful ( see Fig. 13 ) . |
| 22 | Ian 's knees are swollen and a large blister is developing under his big toe . |
| 23 | When it had been examined and test-flown by the manufacturer 's pilot prior to the revalidation of the microlight 's Permit to Fly both wingtip adjusters had been set at the neutral position with no apparent need for any change . |
| 24 | A number of quartz-carbonate veins bearing copper , zinc , lead , silver and gold have been examined and massive volcanogenic sulphide mineralisation has been confirmed . |
| 25 | Lorry driver Bill , 51 , of Merthyr Tydfil , South Wales , said yesterday : ‘ I was in so much pain I could n't dress myself after I had been examined and needed a wheelchair . ’ |
| 26 | He went on to report that on the previous Saturday , Field 's case had come before Mr.Justice Heath ; three of the four witnesses had been examined and there had been no evidence to prove that the deceased had received blows on her stomach , the diseased state of which organ caused her death . |
| 27 | So our boards , sails , operating methods , safety boats and staff have been examined and approved by the highest UK national authority . |
| 28 | The case law upon this point has already been examined and should be referred to for the purposes of the discussion which follows . |
| 29 | The C. and A.G. , after satisfying himself that the vouchers have been examined and certified as correct by the accounting department , may , in his discretion and having regard to the character of the departmental examination , in any particular case admit the sum so certified without further evidence of payment in support of the charges to which they relate … ‘ |
| 30 | The SEC is centralised whereas SROs are decentralised and rulemaking is spread out amongst the various SROs . |