Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] been by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The entry had been by invitation and restricted to forty-eight amateurs and forty-eight professionals . |
| 2 | The burden of Russia 's social backwardness could not be thrown off as quickly as the threat of political counterrevolution had been by the end of the Civil War . |
| 3 | Reported cases are small in number , and it may be true that in some ( not all ) of these cases the degree of trauma suffered by the wife is less than if the rape had been by another man ; but abolition of the marital-rape exemption is surely important as a statement of the married woman 's autonomy and freedom of choice in sexual matters . |
| 4 | Purchased during that mad shopping trip at Bloomingdales , the minuscule garment in watery shades of blue and green had been by far the most decent item among the swimwear items bought for her by Ross . |
| 5 | However , this outcome had been by no means certain when de Gaulle flew back to England on 4 June 1944 , to be briefed about the invasion which was about to begin . |
| 6 | ‘ Unless you 're in Henley , ’ she observed with privileged acerbity and he laughed , embarrassed as every policeman had been by the revelations just made of Thames Valley 's modus operandi . |
| 7 | It was only when she began to spend time at CBS 's corporate headquarters that Wilson realised just how congenial the atmosphere at Virgin had been by comparison — particularly for a highly motivated woman . |
| 8 | Its first political use had been by extreme conservatives against Bismarck ; during his struggle against the socialists antisemitism spread to all parties on the Right . |
| 9 | The Soviet Union had been by far the largest aid donor to Vietnam since the inception of the republic in 1976 . |