Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] be [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corbett had been accompanied north by four messengers — chosen by the Chancellor from his own household . |
| 2 | Creed had been appointed chairman , yet there was no sense of celebration . |
| 3 | Negus Mikael , Lij Yasu 's father , being now a devout Christian , had condemned his son 's affiliation to Islam , but when he heard that Lij Yasu had been deposed family pride was outraged . |
| 4 | A READER asked what sort of heroes we are producing because Nigel Mansell and Nick Faldo had been pictured crying . |
| 5 | In the event they were never called upon to fight , reaching London only after Richard had been declared king . |
| 6 | In the event they were never called upon to fight , reaching London only after Richard had been declared king . |
| 7 | Hickel had been elected governor of the state in 1966 , as a Republican , but had left office in 1969 to become President Nixon 's first Interior Secretary . |
| 8 | Yameogo had been appointed Minister of Agriculture in July 1991 , but had resigned from the government in August [ see p. 38424 ] . |
| 9 | Compaore had been re-elected President in elections in December 1991 which were boycotted by opposition parties [ see p. 38665 ] . |
| 10 | Wing Commander J.M. Gilchrist had been appointed Bursar and Clerk to the Governors in 1962 , and to him had fallen the task — in addition to his ordinary duties — of arranging the financing of the numerous building programmes . |
| 11 | At Potsdam Mountbatten had been given responsibility for accepting the Japanese surrender south of the 16th parallel . |
| 12 | The Kazakhstan news agency , KazTAg , reported on Oct. 1 that Kazakhstan had been granted observer status at the GATT session in Geneva on Sept. 29 . |
| 13 | It was reported on Aug. 9 that Albania had been granted observer status at the Vienna talks on confidence- and security-building measures ( CSBM ) , part of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) . |
| 14 | Artur Mkrtchyan had been elected Chair of the Supreme Soviet , with Oleg Yesayan becoming Prime Minister . |
| 15 | In about February 1991 Mr. Mahdi had been proclaimed President of Somalia by the U.S.C. It was not clear on what basis such an assumption of office could be made and it was not accepted by the other clans . |
| 16 | In Argentina , for example , Juan Domingo Perón had been elected President in February , and neighbouring Portugal was still ruled by another Right-wing dictator , Antonio Oliveira de Salazar . |
| 17 | The Russian TASS news agency announced on May 15 that Russia had been granted observer status at the Organization of American States ( OAS ) . |
| 18 | Nigel had been offered wool and large blunt needles by an elderly nurse . |
| 19 | In early July UN chemical weapons inspectors led by US Maj. Karen Jansen had been refused entry to the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation in Baghdad . |
| 20 | By Dec. 22 at least 23 magisterial districts in the Orange Free State and Eastern Cape had been declared unrest areas as a result of the attacks , and a government inquiry into APLA activities was established . |
| 21 | During the Reagan-Bush years , however , the level of federal aid to California fell sharply and , with the state 's budget deficit spiralling upwards , Wilson had been elected Governor with a commitment to balance the budget without recourse to increased taxation . |
| 22 | Robert had been taken prisoner in his turn and , for the time being , hostilities had ceased while both sides licked their wounds and took stock of the situation . |
| 23 | ‘ Kenny had been given permission to fly up to Stockport later than the rest of the lads because one of his children was ill . |
| 24 | Radio Pakistan announced on July 12 that Sardar Gul Mohammad Khan Jogezai had been appointed Governor of Baluchistan . |
| 25 | In his account of the rumours surrounding Constantius will , Ammianus points out that the gossip had it that Julian had been instituted heir and friends had been left legacies and trusts . |
| 26 | There is certainly evidence that Patrick was ‘ tainted ’ by the Arian heresy — which , among other things , insisted that Jesus had been born mortal , by mortal means . |
| 27 | This was chiefly because Geoffrey Stallibrass had been made Director of Aviation Safety in the Ministry of Aviation and his keen sense of the practical got things moving . |
| 28 | The whiskey glass from which King Brian drank is given pride of place as a hallowed relic on the top shelf of The Rathcullen Arms , destined to be the basis of many a tall tale . |
| 29 | B.R. Pearn had been appointed Information Officer , and had already produced a booklet for the Indian Army HQ , compiled with the help of experienced District and Forest Officers , with valuable advice on how to live in the jungle . |
| 30 | On 11 April 1986 Minnie Keenan was listening to the radio in her east Belfast home when she heard the news that her son Brian had been taken hostage in Beirut . |