Example sentences of "had been [vb pp] by this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been realised by this time that , even if polythene did not fit into the then accepted mould for plastics , which tended to be glassy substances like polystyrene and Perspex , it might still be useful . |
| 2 | Jackie Stewart also announced that the record sum of £200,000 had been raised by this year 's Jackie Stewart Celebrity Challenge . |
| 3 | ‘ We were contacted last Friday by a woman who had been asked by this man to make a donation to War on Want . |
| 4 | In fact these lectures offered an elegant and lucid exposition of educational theories and assumptions ( he had been exercised by this topic since the early forties ) and although he failed to arrive at any conclusions he suggested that none could in any case be reached . |
| 5 | The birch forests of Siberia , so upright , so elegant in autumn , had been broken by this winter campaign . |
| 6 | A course of ampicillin and metronidazole had been taken by this subject within four weeks of endoscopy . |
| 7 | Trade union representatives saw themselves as being accountable either to their respective trade union or to the regional TUC ( the nominating body ) , although virtually no employers ' representatives saw themselves as being accountable to regional or national CBI and many were unaware they had been nominated by this body . |