Example sentences of "[vb past] be [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cases to which Cooke P. referred are to the like effect . |
| 2 | As these commodities had to be kept perfectly dry at all times the barges used were of the soundest construction and were always well maintained . |
| 3 | Although comparisons of fixed doses of drugs have limitations , the doses of propranolol and nifedipine used were in the middle of their therapeutic ranges . |
| 4 | Bonington commented on his experiences at sea : ‘ I am not a natural sailor and found being on a very small boat without exercise very trying . |
| 5 | Adjustment for risk factors known before the start of labour made little difference to perinatal mortality rates , but such differences that occurred were in the expected direction . |
| 6 | Those whom they encountered were for the most part leading precarious lives ; they lacked the leisure , the mental energy , even the vocabulary , for speculation about the great issues of heaven and hell , death and judgement . |
| 7 | ‘ The metal we used is from an old caravan roof which we bonded to the wood with Evostick , ’ explained Tony . |
| 8 | I do n't think the arrears , when they , when it occurred is on the report |
| 9 | The price proposed was on the open market and Stuttgart was happy to offer it . |
| 10 | Clearly Fjortoft ( who has sucked at Swindon , not a single goal yet ! ) and maybe also Sorloth ( who as before mentioned was at a 14-day trial at Leeds and scored in all his test matches ) will be picked . |
| 11 | the reasons why the item involved was at the location ; |
| 12 | Huge cresset torches were placed high on the walls , the tables had been covered with white linen and the only plate used was of the best thick silver . |
| 13 | I like to think I am broad-minded , but the language my father used was beyond the pale , and all because he could n't have a shave ! |
| 14 | The first device found was in a toy shop . |
| 15 | He was permitted to take his family with him , but the only intellectual companionship he found was among the Catholic missionaries : the local inhabitants remained strangers to him . |
| 16 | The prayer that occurred was in a small group and it was a prayer for power for the church . |
| 17 | For the first episode , the house that crumbled was in a real North London street designated for demolition . |
| 18 | ‘ Now he 's happier , I think , than he 'd been for a long time . |
| 19 | They 'd been for a meal and they came to the flat and they rung us to say they were there . |
| 20 | Cos they 'd been for a meal on the way as well ! |
| 21 | I 'd been over the pub at dinnertime . |
| 22 | He 'd been over the limit , they 'd said , when he 'd crashed his BMW , and there could have been no sympathy whatsoever for him from the relatives of the woman killed in the other car . |
| 23 | They 'd been to the hospital , and they 'd been over the flat so I said to them well pop the blankets on and come over here then and have your supper and go back . |
| 24 | She 'd been under a spell — she must have been . |
| 25 | For heaven 's sake , she 'd been under a bit of strain of late , so what was more natural than that , having at last met the man she had been at pains to meet — actually being out walking with him , and on such a lovely sharp but sunny day — she should — er — relax a little ? |
| 26 | He 'd been under the ice , under the water , for ten minutes or more . |
| 27 | But common sense , coupled with the prospect of the time and paperwork involved in interviewing the hundred or so people who 'd been through the Cookery and Refreshment Tent during the past few hours finally defeated his hope for personal glory through brilliant deduction . |
| 28 | The iron grey , Tero , got by because her coat was almost black , but Maldita was so dazzlingly white , except for a sprinkling of rust-brown freckles on her belly , that she looked as though she 'd been through the car wash . |
| 29 | I 'd been through the trauma of losing a house once before and I knew how demoralizing and degrading it is . |
| 30 | He said they 'd been through the a the er interview process and they 've chosen who they want . |