Example sentences of "[vb past] be [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cases to which Cooke P. referred are to the like effect . |
| 2 | As these commodities had to be kept perfectly dry at all times the barges used were of the soundest construction and were always well maintained . |
| 3 | Although comparisons of fixed doses of drugs have limitations , the doses of propranolol and nifedipine used were in the middle of their therapeutic ranges . |
| 4 | Adjustment for risk factors known before the start of labour made little difference to perinatal mortality rates , but such differences that occurred were in the expected direction . |
| 5 | Those whom they encountered were for the most part leading precarious lives ; they lacked the leisure , the mental energy , even the vocabulary , for speculation about the great issues of heaven and hell , death and judgement . |
| 6 | I do n't think the arrears , when they , when it occurred is on the report |
| 7 | The price proposed was on the open market and Stuttgart was happy to offer it . |
| 8 | the reasons why the item involved was at the location ; |
| 9 | Huge cresset torches were placed high on the walls , the tables had been covered with white linen and the only plate used was of the best thick silver . |
| 10 | I like to think I am broad-minded , but the language my father used was beyond the pale , and all because he could n't have a shave ! |
| 11 | He was permitted to take his family with him , but the only intellectual companionship he found was among the Catholic missionaries : the local inhabitants remained strangers to him . |
| 12 | I 'd been over the pub at dinnertime . |
| 13 | He 'd been over the limit , they 'd said , when he 'd crashed his BMW , and there could have been no sympathy whatsoever for him from the relatives of the woman killed in the other car . |
| 14 | They 'd been to the hospital , and they 'd been over the flat so I said to them well pop the blankets on and come over here then and have your supper and go back . |
| 15 | He 'd been under the ice , under the water , for ten minutes or more . |
| 16 | But common sense , coupled with the prospect of the time and paperwork involved in interviewing the hundred or so people who 'd been through the Cookery and Refreshment Tent during the past few hours finally defeated his hope for personal glory through brilliant deduction . |
| 17 | The iron grey , Tero , got by because her coat was almost black , but Maldita was so dazzlingly white , except for a sprinkling of rust-brown freckles on her belly , that she looked as though she 'd been through the car wash . |
| 18 | I 'd been through the trauma of losing a house once before and I knew how demoralizing and degrading it is . |
| 19 | He said they 'd been through the a the er interview process and they 've chosen who they want . |
| 20 | And there was a a a a lad who was about a couple of years older than me , he 'd be about twenty three , he 'd been through the War and er he was a real revolutionary , he was re and and he was very intelligent . |
| 21 | I suggested that help might come from friends who 'd been through the same scenario , or from genuinely sympathetic relatives ( but not critical ones ! ) . |
| 22 | Back in 1988 though , none of the above was known to this actress , who fancied herself as a serious artist who 'd been through the portals of the National and the RSC , albeit coming quickly out the other side , and whose biggest ambition was a ) to perfect a stage yawn , b ) to trim her inner thighs , and c ) to fry a perfect fishball . |
| 23 | Yeah er cover was the one that , after we 'd been through the document , I did find of be of particular interest |
| 24 | It was an ignoble , unworthy thought , he knew , but he was — now , anyway — only human , and therefore prey to human weaknesses , whatever sort of superhuman he 'd been during the War . |
| 25 | This , of course , delighted the child and every night she stood in the wings performing everybody 's act with them , and even at the end of two shows , she was as bright in the dressing room as she 'd been at the overture . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , I just thought he 'd been at the whisky even more than usual , and ignored him . |
| 27 | I remember that luncheon with Basil absolutely perfectly , and that I 'd been at the National Gallery or the Tate , and I had a postcard with me of one of those primitive paintings , naïve paintings , of a cricket match they still have postcards of it . |
| 28 | He 'd been at the wrong end when a small company went bust in the city . |
| 29 | Andy told me Howie and another two locals jumped a couple of travellers who 'd been at the party as well . |
| 30 | Erm that probably because they 'd been at the bottom so long , er it did n't appear that there was |