Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] had been [vb pp] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the hall hung the amputated blade of an oar : inscribed in gold lettering on its black scoop were the names of a college eight , each of whom had been awarded such a trophy in sun-ridden pre-war days ; the item seemed impossibly exotic . |
| 2 | On Dec. 23 two Palestinians were shot dead and more than 40 injured during fresh unrest in the Gaza Strip , the borders of which had been opened that day for the first time since the abduction of Toledano . |
| 3 | All of us had been hit several times already and there was a correct way of dealing with it . |
| 4 | We were in a small courtyard into which had been crammed half a dozen hutches and garden-shed-type constructions . |
| 5 | This consisted of a milk bottle filled with water to which had been added some lemon juice , and four rounds of Vienna bread , which should have contained beef , but it had run out . |