Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [been] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Before Kevin Ryan came back from America and bought the Half House from the last improvident Hamilton , nephew of her mother 's first husband who 'd been killed at Tobruk . |
2 | Those who 'd been treated with AZT fared no better than for those who had n't . |
3 | A factory worker has been describing how he tried in vain to save a colleague who 'd been overcome by toxic fumes . |
4 | But by now the police had found out about Lady Margaret Illingworth , a rich aunt who 'd been stripped of her fortune after she 'd gone senile . |
5 | Another , who 'd been injured in a brawl during exercise , sported fifty-eight stitches from the point of his chin to the corner of his left eye . |
6 | Last week the Government warned that around 300 women who 'd been injected with a hormone called gonadotrophin , extracted from the pituitary glands of human corpses , could be at risk . |
7 | Three years ago Anna McGurk was murdered by a man who 'd been bailed on a rape charge . |
8 | Tommaso had not come back at Ascension , though some others who 'd been called to military service at the same time walked into town one afternoon . |
9 | His parents were found dead at their house by firemen who 'd been called to their cottage in Tetbury . |
10 | ‘ Father wanted someone to inherit who knew Venice and had been taught the business , someone who 'd been trained to the position . ’ |
11 | Sobbing with pain and rage , he was carted off to hospital by an ashen Claudia and the family doctor , who 'd been presented with a horse every time he delivered a Mendoza baby . |
12 | Eileen , who 'd been beaten into writing legibly by the nuns , felt as if the writer did n't care whether her letters were decipherable or not . |
13 | ‘ I was expecting a relief nurse to arrive , and the doctor who 'd been sent for . |
14 | Later today the body was identified as that of a 23 year old man from Cheltenham , who 'd been seen at the race course last night . |
15 | Shit all over the floor and the walls , " said a twenty-one-year-old machinist who 'd been banished to Coventry 's notorious Woodend estate . |
16 | ‘ Great strapping brutes they were , with backs on them like the deck of a ship , ’ William 's grandad said , who 'd been thrown off both and knew . |
17 | Even she , who 'd been propositioned by experts , had to admit that . |
18 | A man who 'd been scalded in the kitchens by cooking oil . |
19 | Because , in the summer of 1969 , people who 'd been consigned to the medical scrap heap , victims of the 1920s sleeping sickness or encephalitic epidemic , really did take up their beds and walk . |
20 | The newscaster then switched to a trivial item about a cat who 'd been rescued from the roof of the houses of Parliament , and Kathleen flicked off the set and threw her sandwich in the bin , her appetite gone . |
21 | A few months later I saw two who 'd been evacuated from Sarajevo to Zagreb so they were still alive . |
22 | The fifty nine year old singer who 'd been dogged by ill health died at his home in Arbroath on Monday . |
23 | people who 'd been expelled for cannabis , |
24 | As they drove through rolling hills topped by Mohican clumps of trees and moved into the leafy green tunnels of Petersfield , his bride , who 'd been primed by Drew , put her hand on her husband 's cock and suggested that it would be more fun to stop and have their picnic in a field than join the crowds at Cowdray . |
25 | Whereupon the partying Ninevites , just like Jonah inside the whale , repented ; whereupon God decided after all to spare the city ; whereupon Jonah became incredibly irritated , which was only normal in one who 'd been put to a lot of trouble to bring the message of destruction , only for the Lord , despite a well-known , indeed historic taste for wrecking cities , to turn round and change his mind . |
26 | She thought of the tragic woman who 'd been deserted by her father and had settled for second best . |
27 | A gallant Irishman who 'd been wounded at Dunkirk and invalided out . ’ |
28 | Mark Kennedy , who 'd been accused by his manager of not working hard enough , earned his reward for this shot . |
29 | I helped along people who 'd been caught by the police , sentenced by the court and had their death warrant signed by the Home Secretary . |
30 | I helped along people who 'd been caught by the police , sentenced by the court and had their death warrant signed by the Home Secretary . |