Example sentences of "[verb] and [vb past] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The body was badly decomposed and had been in the water for a long time . |
| 2 | He thought compatibility and interests which could be shared and understood were of prime importance . |
| 3 | In evidence earlier this week Lord Aldington , 75 , formerly Brigadier Toby Lowe , said the first he had heard that the men , women and children sent back from the British-occupied zone of Austria had been tortured and massacred was from Count Tolstoy in 1979 . |
| 4 | Economically , of course , it had never ceased and had been to both countries ' benefit . |
| 5 | The agent , a good one , reported that the affair was n't quite as dramatic as first accounts had suggested and had been on a far smaller scale , but that students had definitely been involved and at least one of them appeared badly hurt . |