Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The energy radiated to space has been calculated from detailed observations across the Jovian disc of radiation at planetary wavelengths , and the energy absorbed from the Sun has been calculated from the Bond albedo , which measurements have shown is about 35% . |
| 2 | Despite the many grumbles and adverse comments , 70 per cent of all employers interviewed claimed to have been satisfied with the standard of work of young people taken on by them in the previous two years , and only 14 per cent expressed dissatisfaction . |
| 3 | It was n't that she looked forward to them exactly , but the fury he 'd used to generate was gone . |
| 4 | But what he 'd got to do was to plan his time , and work out his priorities , by distinguishing between those tasks that are urgent and those tasks that are important . |
| 5 | He 'd a , he had some sort of operation or something , it 's not , but at Debbie 's wedding , Andrew were n't there because he some operation on his jaw or something that , ca n't remember now what it , what he 'd had done were having his jaw bone |
| 6 | Watkins concluded that these straight trackways , which he came to believe had been known as ‘ leys ’ , had ‘ landmarks ’ constructed along their route as a guide . |
| 7 | The real reason she 'd wanted to leave was the harsh discovery that when you were nursing a broken heart there was nothing more painful than being surrounded by others who were happily in love . |
| 8 | The one area where nothing seemed to have occurred was in setting up a Social Fund , since the Six had even begun to grasp the nettle of a common agricultural policy , agreeing in January 1962 to introduce common target prices for the most important farm products and a levy on agricultural imports into the EEC . |
| 9 | What seemed to have happened was that Scotland 's economic cycle had gradually moved out of synchronisation with the national one . |
| 10 | Jacklin had pulled up short about 50 or 60 yards from the green — just the sort of position I 'd liked to have been in for us , ; Trevino put his fourth shot through the green . |
| 11 | My drain was not comfortable — there was water at the bottom of it , and the rough ledge where I 'd managed to crawl was muddy and damp . |
| 12 | The common question the boys all seemed to want answered was what is sex like for a girl ? |
| 13 | Unfortunately , what I 'd failed to notice was a small plastic shard on the lip of the container on which I nicked myself , causing severe pain and not a little bleeding . ’ |
| 14 | However , the general managerial principle which the appraisal interviews seemed aimed to serve was the harmonizing of teachers ' professional development with the institutional needs of the school . |
| 15 | Its completely out of character for Rocky to have said this … probably some 3rd rate hack cornered him just after he 'd learnt hed been dropped . |
| 16 | A drama which threatened to turn into a tragedy when artistic tempers flared appears to have been resolved . |
| 17 | What then followed appears to have been this : the daughter died childless and her sister , inspired by father 's words , attempted to recover the estate from the heir who had been instituted . |
| 18 | Despite staying for a week , spent mostly looking after of course , I found that the close bond I experienced having witnessed 's birth took a lot longer to develop with . |
| 19 | A further area I decided to try to improve was the semi-submerged filter beyond the trickle chamber . |
| 20 | Applications submitted to HMIP have been made available to the public and other regulatory bodies for comment . |
| 21 | Although some of the people who became involved had been radicalised by the Vietnam War , many others did not share that experience . |
| 22 | I do n't see any particular reason to panic because what we knew had to happen is now beginning to happen . |
| 23 | On the other hand the ‘ real ’ crime that did need correcting was being perpetrated by the capitalists themselves ( and those very same agents ) , and was being ignored . |
| 24 | What I did expect to see was an improvement from a somewhat disappointing Ards and a Linfield team which did the Irish League proud with an excellent performance against Dinamo Tbilisi the previous Wednesday evening . |
| 25 | What she did decide to do was to enquire the reason for this unexpected obstinacy against Paris and Charles s new friend . |
| 26 | This found that , without guidance , teachers gave what was little more than a reflexive response — all that the majority of primary school teachers appeared to wish to receive was more basic skills training . |
| 27 | What they did have to have was er an official company or order |
| 28 | Erm , it became very clear that that , that bid erm , was in fact , at an early stage , that that bid was not , did not have a realistic chance of being successful , so as , as you know Chairman , when you went on the delegation to see er , Mr in London , actually at that meeting , er , the members of the delegation said to the Secretary of State , well , we recognize , Secretary of State that it 's the wrong area , what we 'd like to really argue for is a bid for the urban core out in Browsley , erm , in , at the end of the day , we did n't even quite get that , but what we did manage to get was objective two status for the urban core of Telford still , and I think that was probably against the odds . |
| 29 | One example of the monumental style which did get built was the Wesleyans ' new London home , the Central Hall in Westminster . |
| 30 | But what he did come to recognise was the inadequacy of existing literature : ‘ I realised that the main writers on history and statistics at the time had done very little research and were relying on a few books . |