Example sentences of "had been [vb pp] by [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | First was the argument that the urban is characterized not by any spatial or cultural boundary as had been contended by earlier theorists , but as the site of consumption processes involved in the reproduction of labour power . |
| 2 | Furthermore , the Court held that the direction that the mistake must , to exculpate , be based on reasonable grounds had been overtaken by later developments . |
| 3 | The search for Fedorov and Louise Müller , which had seemed all-important at the time , had been overtaken by weightier events . |
| 4 | It was a male preserve , consecrated to sport , where guns were cleaned after a day 's shooting and guests would be shown valuable old museum pieces that had been used by earlier Arbuthnots . |
| 5 | They followed a sandy path through the young trees all of which had been planted by earlier pupils , their predecessors . |
| 6 | As the Oliver Sachs figure , he was awkward , introverted , Chaplinesque and observant , picking up clues on the mental state of his patients , which had been overlooked by worldlier colleagues . |
| 7 | In fact she had been approached by wealthier men than Jonas , whose interests in her were sometimes honourable but mostly not , and she had a realistic enough sense of her attraction not to be ruffled by anything her cousin could say . |