Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] be [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this was ten times the size of the Terran designs and had been built centuries before man had even discovered fire . |
| 2 | This in turn distressed her , because although she had confessed before Padre Jorge to having told a lie of excuse and had been given penance and absolution for her sin , she was being obliged , in effect , to re-tell the same lie over and over again . |
| 3 | It estimates it will need about £200,000 and has been pledged £65,000 by the millionaire property developer Godfrey Bradman , chairman of the society 's Education Research Trust . |
| 4 | In general , variables that are brought into the picture and controlled are called test factors . |
| 5 | Some of these , such as carbohydrate , fat and protein are needed in relatively large quantities and have been termed macronutrients . |
| 6 | Meanwhile a young infantry soldier who had fought in the trenches and had been taken prisoner of war was putting the finishing touches to a philosophical treatise that was to bring traditional philosophy crashing down about its ears . |
| 7 | Mendy said he would be backed by a consortium — so far un-named — of professional sports people and had been guaranteed £100,000 in his first year , £200,000 in his second and £500,000 in the third . |
| 8 | The 21 year old had been treated for depression and had been prescribed tablets by his doctor on 15 occasions . |
| 9 | For example , on the crucial question of the medical condition of the evacuees , which was to cause so much controversy , the Board of Education believed that local authorities had been adequately warned that pediculosis ( head lice ) would be a problem and had been given instructions on how to disinfect children by the use of steam baths ; also that its memorandum Ev . |
| 10 | Over the years they had become friends of the family and had been granted privileges — one of which was limited entry to the Domain . |