Example sentences of "had been [vb pp] with some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bending down , he saw that although the space had been cleared with some care , there were traces of charcoal mingled with sand . |
| 2 | And the factory hours and rugby support which militated against soccer in Leeds had been challenged with some success from 1912 to 1914 . |
| 3 | The furniture was clearly old , and had been chosen with some care to fit in with the atmosphere of the hall . |
| 4 | A veteran of the Vietnam war , Abadia was a self-professed " field soldier " , and the architect of the army 's current " seize-hold-consolidate-develop " strategy which , since 1988 , had been used with some effect against the guerrilla insurgents of the New People 's Army ( NPA ) . |
| 5 | My trousers had been removed with some force as my right leg was in a great deal of pain around the cast . |