Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] be [vb pp] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did put the landing light on , though , as I 'd been ambushed in the dark on those stairs before , barely escaping with my life . |
| 2 | Perhaps she had ; but there was nothing mad about the composed face I 'd been shown in the portrait and the photograph , only an infinity of patience . |
| 3 | I liked being recognized in the pub afterwards , and made myself conspicuous in case anyone wanted my autograph . |
| 4 | Of course , I had no idea whether these ladies were right or wrong , but the revelation of fragments of past lives helped me come to terms with my true nature , and to understand why I had been troubled in the past . |
| 5 | ‘ The revelation of these fragments of past lives helped me to come to terms with my true nature , and to understand why I had been troubled in the past . ’ |
| 6 | It felt like I had been kicked in the chest by a mule ’ . |
| 7 | I remember thinking that if I had been trapped in the car , the firemen would not have reached me in time . |
| 8 | I felt as though I had been reincarnated in the same lifetime . |
| 9 | My first appearance had been in the Junior Indoor Championships the previous year , when I had been eliminated in the heats . |
| 10 | Alina said she 'd been raised in the country . |
| 11 | Her words sliced through Shannon like burning arrows , but only a faint staining of her cheeks showed she 'd been affected in the slightest . |
| 12 | Lady Laetitia had forgotten all she 'd been taught in the morning and everything had to be rehearsed again . |
| 13 | Zambia felt as if SHe 'd been punched in the gut . |
| 14 | She was also advised that she should continue to try to reduce weight and should not return to her work ( which involved standing all the time ) until she had been seen in the Outpatient Clinic in six weeks time . |
| 15 | The poor woman had died when she had been bombed in the blitz . |
| 16 | Emily felt as though she had been slapped in the face . |
| 17 | She felt as if she had been kicked in the stomach . |
| 18 | Those views she had been taught in the twenties while a young girl , that men do not love or respect , still less marry , women who have ‘ given themselves ’ to them , she had been obliged to revise . |
| 19 | The faculty denied having discriminated against her and said she had been treated in the same way as all others seeking membership of the bar . |
| 20 | Martha longed to show off her advancement in reading and writing , for which she had been noted in the valley , and was bewildered and humiliated when she could make no sense of the books she was given . |
| 21 | It was the fourth time in five years she had been injured in the line of duty . |
| 22 | She had been placed in the back for comfort , or so he said , but Jenna had not been fooled . |
| 23 | ‘ She had been shot in the head and there was blood all over the sheets . |
| 24 | She had been shot in the neck at point blank range . |
| 25 | COPREFA later retracted this statement , recognized she was a human rights worker and decided she had been caught in the cross-fire when she died . |
| 26 | She had been caught in the South of France at the outbreak of war . |
| 27 | It must mean that she had been mentioned in the will . |
| 28 | Feeling as though she had been punched in the stomach , she staggered into the drawing-room and sank on to the sofa . |
| 29 | She had been left in the room with the two youths and something had happened . |
| 30 | He told the jurors they should look for corroboration of the 18-year-old woman 's claim that she had been attacked in the officer 's marked police car . |