Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] be [adv] [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cupboard doors had all been deeply hacked and scored with a knife , every crisp bag had been burst , every stick of rock shattered and splintered : it was a very thorough job . |
| 2 | By the end of the year , these had all been solidly reinforced and also joined by French and a number of Arab contingents . |
| 3 | The book 's central part , represented by " Socrates and Greek Tragedy " , had already been well worked and , apart from some reordering , was left virtually as it was ; the rest required more attention , but on 12 December he was able to send off the final portions of the manuscript , including a new , short , preface to Wagner . " |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He said a number of large economies found it difficult to commit themselves to targets which had not been properly explored and before the International Panel on Climate Change reports scientific evidence next year . |
| 6 | However the in-house system had not been properly tested and by early this year problems had started . |
| 7 | However the in-house system had not been properly tested and by early this year problems had started . |
| 8 | Bob Hodson-Smith warned Active Business Services ( ABS ) of Sheffield that the software , the Safety Related Plant Status Monitoring System or Status , had not been fully tested and that Nuclear Electric should be warned of the potential difficulties . |
| 9 | Certainly , on the information available to club members , it appeared that their own case had not been fully represented and that the printing and distribution of such information did not reflect the feelings and attitudes of those present , as well as the many thousands of other members throughout the country , who may not be aware of the proposed publication . |
| 10 | The deputy judge found for the plaintiffs and held that the 1986 document had not been validly executed and that the deceased had lacked testamentary capacity when it was made . |
| 11 | This would suggest that the east-west road at this point had not been substantially modified and that the mid to late second-century redevelopment was confined to the intra-mural zone . |
| 12 | The fumes of the wine had not been entirely dissipated and she felt too lazy to go all the way to the village and tell Dr Wyn about her ears . |
| 13 | The layout of the original house had not been much altered and there was a pleasing absence of fluorescent lights and plastic furniture . |
| 14 | Miss Sally-Anne McAllister had always been well fed and well cared for , he noted professionally . |
| 15 | The poor girl 's hair was mud-caked but it had once been well combed and dressed with oil . |
| 16 | He had twice been badly wounded and was still hobbling around with a stick when he was given command of Fort Vaux , the smallest of the forts ringing Verdun but crucial to the defence of the important Fort Souville . |
| 17 | A chance inquiry into an old debt revealed that the building had never been fully consecrated and thus would revert to Assheton family ownership after a year and a day 's disuse . |