Example sentences of "and [vb past] [been] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had tried once already to talk to Nicholas about it , and had been kicked on the ankle by le Grant . |
| 2 | For Miss Green , Lee 's appointment was perceived as an explicit threat simply because in the previous year , renewal of the Cassell Trust 's grant had not been easily secured and had been made on the understanding that the 1930 renewal was to extend only for a further and final two years . |
| 3 | Nicholson did not appear in the film and was used as a production assistant by Corman ; but it is worth mentioning because it was a significant moment in Hollywood history , inspiring as it did a succession of similar films when other producers noticed that The Wild Angels grossed eight million dollars in no time at all , and had been made on a shoestring budget . |
| 4 | Since 1986 Gotti had faced three previous trials and had been acquitted on all charges . |
| 5 | The court was told Ninham had been convicted of indecently assaulting youngsters in 1990 and had been placed on probation medication to control his sex drive . |
| 6 | The letter was signed by a Mr Graham Lytham and had been written on notepaper with the heading Granby , Hemingford and Bowles , Solicitors . |
| 7 | L'Auberge expanded , necessitating the employment of Arnold , a young chef who took over most of the day-to-day running of the kitchen , and Olive , a restaurant manageress who , like almost all the waitresses , lived locally and had been trained on the job by George . |
| 8 | After the shooting , the IRA had acknowledged that all three men were members of its mid-Ulster brigade and had been killed on ‘ active service ’ . |
| 9 | The three men , members of a small anti-Castro group , had landed in a dinghy from the United States with weapons and explosives , and had been arrested on Dec. 29 at El Júcaro , near Cárdenas on the north coast of the island . |
| 10 | Shen had returned from exile in the USA in August and had been arrested on Sept. 1 as he planned to launch a Beijing office of the US-based Democracy for China Fund [ see p. 39095 ] . |
| 11 | The best place for Jed during all of this , she 'd decided , would be with his minder ; she 'd worked out a special weekend rate with Mrs Neary some time ago and had been working on her conscience ever since . |
| 12 | The new vessel was one of the last ships to be built at Philips Shipyard , Dartmouth and had been launched on 14th February , 1962 by Lady Crombie , wife of the Chairman of the Board . |