Example sentences of "had been [verb] in some [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Examples were used in the report to indicate the approaches to enlist the help of parents which had been adopted in some schools . |
| 2 | It also transpired that parts of England ( east and south-east ) were put on full invasion alert at the time , but it seems that ‘ Cromwell ’ had been ignored in some places where the junior officers who happened to be on duty had not been let into the secret of what it meant . |
| 3 | Initially , she had been ostracised in some quarters , and on several occasions when she had arranged a soiree , rival parties had been arranged for the same night . |
| 4 | The refugees also claimed that water and electricity supplies had been cut in some parts of Kuwait City but not in others . |
| 5 | Premium rises had been achieved in some areas , but other sectors had been very competitive . |
| 6 | It came from Tony Morrell , the Hartlepool-based athlete who has been preferred to Cram in the 1500 metres and whose fitness had been queried in some quarters . |