Example sentences of "and [vb past] [been] [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a remarkable case , very much of our times , the applicants lived in Belfast and had been guilty of criminal and anti-social activities . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , the transaction might be upset if the debtor had acted as agent for the lender and had been guilty of misrepresentation or undue influence . |
| 3 | He had also been a close friend and political ally of Keating for more than 20 years , and had been influential in engineering Keating 's successful bid for the leadership in December 1991 [ see pp. 38675-76 ] . |
| 4 | In or about February 1983 , I received a message via my branch director that the deputy Director-General of MI5 was prepared to consider favourably an application from me for a telephone intercept on a member of the Communist Party within C.N.D. John Cox , a Vice-President of C.N.D. , was selected since he was well known as a member of the Communist Party and had been involved in C.N.D. practically since its inception . |
| 5 | Michael Walsh had taught in the school for six years , and had been involved in meetings in the Humanities department when the idea was discussed : |
| 6 | The one I found was run down , anyway , and had been empty for years . ’ |
| 7 | The group said it increased its share of deposits outside France and had been active in capital markets , where it gained notoriety last year for backing Giancarlo Paretti , the failed MGM film studio owner . |
| 8 | The strength of the Labour Party lay in its ability to win votes , which became increasingly clear in relation to the Liberals after the granting of manhood suffrage in 1918 and had been clear in relation to other socialist groups ever since 1900 . |
| 9 | At the same time , he knew that , while he had been living in Canada , she had been an activist for a period with the WLAA and had been outspoken on occasions such as the meeting of the deputation with Whitelaw and the television debates . |
| 10 | He had watched the tape of Ari 's meeting with him and had been satisfied by Tammuz' reaction . |