Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pron] [verb] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles Henstock , whose belief in an after-life was absolute , had never been able to persuade his old friend to share his convictions , and he had once told Donald , after an amicable exchange of views on the subject , that he considered the doctor to be the finest unbeliever he had been privileged to meet . |
| 2 | Another says he has been unable to open his garage door for days after a skip filled with bricks was dumped outside . |
| 3 | On the river side of the High St. there is an area with a strange name , Great Winox , and what this meant we have been unable to discover , but one theory is that this could have been the ancient vineyard . |
| 4 | It would be interesting to learn who had been present when the fastidious Miss Easterbrook had had her accident with the tea . |
| 5 | Today I 'm glad to say it 's been dry and we 've even seen the sun . |
| 6 | ‘ Now I 'm better known it has been easier to sell the show . ’ |
| 7 | I explained how I 'd attempted to fire at the Corporal as Kaptan lay on the ground and how the gun had malfunctioned ; it would be more accurate to say I 'd been first to aim but the Corporal had got his shots off first . |
| 8 | And McGrindle , very matter of fact though drunk as usual : I have sixteen children , seven by my first marriage , four by my second , my second wife had two of her own , that makes thirteen , and three from my third , sixteen , and I am proud to say I have been able to give them all a good education and every chance in life without ever compromising my integrity . |
| 9 | Another woman in her mid-sixties said she had been one of eight raped by ‘ Serbian irregulars ’ . |
| 10 | He had given her that household , a little society , warming itself in its own glow of virtue , insulating itself from the big bad world ; but within its own limits it had been open and supportive . |