Example sentences of "[adv] [noun prp] [vb past] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Johnny had been afforded a glimpse of her own time , had he ? |
| 2 | The prospects would have been even brighter if only Russia had been blessed with a less benighted tsar . |
| 3 | So Adam had been let be . |
| 4 | Hitherto Theodoric had been regarded by the emperor as the senior figure in the barbarian west : now Clovis was to supplant him . |
| 5 | Perhaps Dorothy had been shielded too much , and again in her marriage she had been protected , so that there had been nothing in her life to prepare her for what was happening now . |
| 6 | At the A.G.M. , the committee meeting that followed and at the Annual Dinner that evening , contributions for Judith 's leaving present were asked for and it very quickly became apparent how highly Judith had been regarded . |
| 7 | Perhaps Harriet had been roused by Pringle 's stentorian cry . |
| 8 | The news that Karen and I were married was made public at a buffet brunch given by Thomas and Lynn Carter to which we had been invited — or rather Karen had been invited , and had asked if it would be all right to bring me along . |
| 9 | Perhaps the question of whether or not Sykes had been arrested was only a technicality . |
| 10 | Anyway Ricky had been buttonholed outside the church by the gay Vicar and scores of eager ladies . |
| 11 | I was not aware how badly Eddie had been injured , but understood that he was comfortable ; this information came much later . |
| 12 | Leading Kuwaiti exiles convened in Taif in October for a " popular congress " at which the Sabahs indicated to opposition leaders that new democratic institutions would be created once Kuwait had been freed [ see p. 37759 ] . |
| 13 | Iris had a similar block in her kitchen ; once Melissa remembered being asked to hand her one f the knives . |
| 14 | In January 1326 Isabella wrote to Bishop Stratford , now back in England , indicating that she would not return until both Despensers had been banished from court . |
| 15 | Traditionally Asiatics had been employed east of Suez and hired on " Asiatic Articles of Agreement " , a practice which seems to have been generally acceptable since it involved sailing chiefly in Indian and Far Eastern waters . |
| 16 | Now Jenny had been sent off to Rome by her father . |
| 17 | Today , Abul Ismail had stayed at her side , and now Nicholas had been banished from the sickroom . |
| 18 | ‘ Now Brittany had been given assurances by the present King of England 's father that the Tudors would fight to protect Brittany 's independence . ’ |
| 19 | Mrs Meikle said just two days ago Graham had been seen in a local pub . |
| 20 | Twelve months ago Tom had been placed two half-days each week in an off-site unit for disruptive children . |
| 21 | Many were so appalling that even Himmler had been known to walk out of the showings , sick to the stomach . |
| 22 | The only time little Cipolla had been allowed to speak was when they had asked him : |
| 23 | Then Kauffman had been moved to join Frank and Carton came here with Tom . |
| 24 | M. Grimaud told her how Nîmes had been settled by the veterans of Octavius 's victory over Antony and Cleopatra , whose names , Antonin , Numa , Flavien , Adrien , persisted , even today , as did the emblem of the defeat of the serpent of old Nile , the Nîmes chained crocodile . |
| 25 | Also , Tilly had decided that she could not now reveal the news she had brought with her this morning ; shocking news , news that told how Richard had been cheated and deceived by his own wife … and devastating news of Beth … how she was not safe and happy with Tyler Blacklock , as they had first thought , and how she also had been betrayed , both by her own brother Ben , and by the woman who had raised her from a child . |
| 26 | Only a few days earlier England had been knocked out of the World Cup by West Germany . |
| 27 | My father described to me how the Guides had arrived and gone straight into action after marching day and night from the Punjab ; how Nicholson had been killed leading the troops as they stormed the ramparts of Delhi . |
| 28 | Two runs earlier Sidhu had been dropped by Reiffel in the gully off McDermott : it was the 29th chance dropped by the home side in the series , nine of them off McDermott . |
| 29 | Recalling how Meh'Lindi had been violated on that other occasion , Jaq feared for her sanity once her psychic hood was removed . |
| 30 | I made her laugh and she reminded me of how Robin had been conceived . |