Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] by [num] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did , however , come to light some seven years later that a Dr Bayley , a professor at Oxford , had been approached by one of Dudley 's servants shortly before Amy 's death . |
| 2 | There had been profiles of him that suggested that he was a jogger who had been bitten by one of Alex ‘ Down Sir ’ Snell 's pit-bulls . |
| 3 | During those 50 years ICI 's acrylic plastics have been used by thousands of customers for tens of thousands of applications and current sales worldwide are of the order of 60,000 tonnes a year . |
| 4 | The islands deal has been approved by two of Japan 's most influential businessmen , Gaishi Hiraiwa , chairman of the Keidanren ( Federation of Economic Organisations ) , and Rokuro Ishikawa , chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce . |
| 5 | My stomach feels like it 's been kicked by hundreds of yobs wearing hob-nailed boots . ’ |
| 6 | Mark Twain fancifully observed that God had modelled heaven on Mauritius , a thought which has been echoed by thousands of travellers who have since discovered the untapped beauty and raw charm of this lovely isle . |
| 7 | But the use of social services budgets to pay for driving lessons has been criticised by one of Gloucestershire 's MPs . |
| 8 | In fact , as an unpublished police report subsequently stated , the near-fatal shot had been fired by one of Alvarez 's own comrades . |