Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yul was determined that every question I asked be answered . |
| 2 | An example of the latter point I made is shown on pg 45 where he tells of how he came to know Eddie . |
| 3 | It 's simply the way that I 've adopted since the plans I laid were destroyed . |
| 4 | The part of the convent in which I lived was called the noviceship . |
| 5 | In both subjects I am told that more time and more help is needed to spread the ideas , to run courses , to try out new approaches in different situations , to evaluate the success of the last step before embarking on the next , but the curriculum workers I met were disturbed that they were unable to provide what they knew teachers needed . |
| 6 | ‘ Everything I tried was blocked , ’ complained Mr Thomson . |
| 7 | This wrist model I tried was designed for air diving and programmed with the Bühlmann ZHL12 algorithm with automatic ranging from 3,500 metres above sea level to 100 metres depth . |
| 8 | I found being introduced to people individually , as they arrived , much easier than going into a room full of new babies and it was good to share experiences . |
| 9 | knowledge of dolphins I found was based almost entirely on captive animals . |
| 10 | The one I found was run down , anyway , and had been empty for years . ’ |
| 11 | I am surprised to hear a defence spokesman ask that question , because he knows that the two cases to which I referred are covered by the negative security assurances which made the use of nuclear weapons in such circumstances inconceivable . |
| 12 | The harmonic sequence I mentioned is used as a rift . |
| 13 | I stopped being embarrassed about him and thought . |
| 14 | ‘ They were what stayed alive , when I 'd been taught and examined everything else . ’ |
| 15 | I kept doing all the things I 'd been taught . |
| 16 | Since childhood , I 'd been taught to keep everything to myself — problems , opinions , feelings . |
| 17 | It was a relief to get a flight the next morning , yet I felt I 'd been dragged away from Dominica : I had not explored its dangerous magic as I ought to have done . |
| 18 | By then large drops were falling all around me , another landing on my wig and one splashing on my shoulder , making me jump as if I 'd been prodded with a therm-knife . |
| 19 | At Heathrow I 'd been asked specifically not to tranquillise him in case of the possibility of side-effects which could have seriously affected his future stud career . |
| 20 | I 'd been asked how I wanted him dressed . |
| 21 | ‘ Because I learned by accident INCUBUS was trying to take over his company — and exactly the same thing had happened with another industrialist I 'd been asked to draw up a profile for . ’ |
| 22 | I wish I had a pound for every time I 'd been asked that . |
| 23 | You would n't think I 'd been complimented on them , would you , but when I 'appened to show them accidental to a gentleman once , he said I ought to go on the stage and wear tights and a little frou-frou skirt — here , where you goin' ? ’ |
| 24 | I 'd been discovered . |
| 25 | The Israeli Mossad would have confirmed that I 'd been killed in Damascus . |
| 26 | After that row with my father , I felt I 'd been turned down by them all . |
| 27 | ooh , when I told her how I 'd been treated |
| 28 | I also remember proudly coming home to tell Dad I 'd been made head prefect of my grammar school . |
| 29 | I 'd been made a lance-corporal just before we left and had been put in charge of a group of boys . |
| 30 | I would have thought how stupid it was if I 'd been made do it . |