Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] be [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kuwait had been wary of Iraqi territorial ambitions ever since it gained independence from the UK in 1961 . |
| 2 | His career at Thame had been full of promise , attested by the Oxford University Local Examinations certificate framed on the walls of the terraced house in Cardiff in which I grew up . |
| 3 | Carlie had been suspicious of people since the day she was born . |
| 4 | The Jockey Club 's Disciplinary Committee upheld the York stewards ' judgement that Eddery had been guilty of interfering with Green 's Bid and Splendent in the Gimcrack Stakes . |
| 5 | It concluded that Dr Silvester had been guilty of a ‘ serious error of professional judgment ’ and ordered him to take a six-month retraining course . |
| 6 | She made it her rule that Belfast , the Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army , casual atrocities never crossed her lips , not after his last trip away , because the man who had come back to her from Northern Ireland had been frightened of his own shadow . |
| 7 | In the book Marje writes that her 53-year marriage to husband Sidney had been devoid of sex . |
| 8 | Alida had been conscious of Dorothea 's married state , hating her for it , burning with scorn at the preoccupations and trivialities of a marriage . |
| 9 | The blond man had nodded a greeting to her , and Carol had been aware of his appraising gaze . |
| 10 | The Miller spokeswoman confirmed that Sainsbury had been aware of the plans , and that as it was a non-retail development , there would be no conflict of interest . |
| 11 | Ever since she was a little girl Maxine had been terrified of water . |
| 12 | ‘ The disciplinary committee found that Geoff Blackburn had been guilty of misconduct during the match . |
| 13 | The Guardian of Jan. 9 , for example , reported that Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) documents circulated internally in late December had been critical of Gorbachev and had blamed him for the " subversion " of socialism in Eastern Europe . |
| 14 | Wickham had been proud of her , and was devastated when she said they should separate . |
| 15 | The sales office where Riba worked was full of her colleagues and friends at her farewell presentation , with a table set aside to hold the many cards and presents which she received . |
| 16 | Julia had been free of pain for many months , but still she had grown weaker . |
| 17 | Theda had been conscious of guilt . |
| 18 | Belinda blurted dismissively , disturbed to find that Tom had been aware of at least some of Greg 's attentions to her that evening . |
| 19 | Cliff had been terrified of him . |
| 20 | During this time too Ludens had been conscious of an unusual sensation . |
| 21 | Komarek said on April 9 that Reichel had been relieved of his posts because he wanted to concentrate on election work for the Czechoslovakian People 's Party , of which he was a member . |
| 22 | Shelley had been conscious of him through the corner of her eye , but had deliberately made no effort to speak to him . |
| 23 | Wynne-Jones had been afraid of staying too long in the company of these changing spirits of summer . |
| 24 | Carey had been aware of the anxiety in Ellwood 's voice when he spoke of Piper and deadlines . |
| 25 | Gabriel had been full of her own plans lately , perhaps not too observant . |
| 26 | Ever since entering the hulk Jaq had been aware of daemonic shielding . |
| 27 | Again the two brothers were pushing at each other and as they all mounted the steps Ellen stepped and walked by the side of her son , something she was in the habit of doing whenever they were in company , and which Joe had been aware of from the time she had recovered after his uncle 's death . |
| 28 | They were talking , very movingly , about John Lennon 's death , and about how Ringo had been aware of John 's presence since . |
| 29 | Derek had been terrified of being found work as a clerk or a porter , but signing on had cheered him up immensely : he too was completely unemployable . |
| 30 | Bruno Bonney had been fond of quoting Nietszche . |