Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd been so sure he 'd been born to money . |
| 2 | If she 'd been born on time this party would n't have happened until Christmas . |
| 3 | TOTALLY UNKNOWN US bluesman comes to Britain and gets schlepped into a studio to record with a bunch of locals who wish they 'd been born in America 's Deep South . |
| 4 | It was n't her real name and — like Horowitz — she 'd been born in Hungary . |
| 5 | Do you think if he 'd been sent into hospital earlier he would n't have been in such a |
| 6 | Digging might not be classed as essential training , but he 'd been sent on attachment to learn all about real soldiering . |
| 7 | That last bomb had taken out those houses as if it had come with a great grasping fist and scooped them up and crunched them into rubble as easily as if they 'd been made of matchsticks . |
| 8 | As soon as Moby was too old for puppy classes , he went to the bigger-dog classes , run by Jenny , to reinforce what he 'd been taught at puppy classes and , most importantly , what he 'd learned at home . |
| 9 | I managed four , but they tasted like they 'd been pickled in piss . ’ |
| 10 | Luckily the others still were n't back so he made me write a note saying we 'd been called to London on some family matter and we took the next train from Cheltenham station . ’ |
| 11 | We 'd been filled with school milk and cod-liver oil and orange juice , but only the few scheme-housing children had bathrooms . |
| 12 | Not even squatters camped in this place , so more likely they 'd been broken by locals scavenging for carpets or pipes . |
| 13 | And had Andy Thompson scored with a penalty after he 'd been fouled by Simon Sturridge , Turner would have been even more comfortable . |
| 14 | Daffy was shattered by the news that he 'd been replaced by Essex 's reprieved rebel tourist Neil Foster . |
| 15 | Daffy was shattered by the news that he 'd been replaced by Essex 's reprieved rebel tourist Neil Foster . |
| 16 | Shit all over the floor and the walls , " said a twenty-one-year-old machinist who 'd been banished to Coventry 's notorious Woodend estate . |
| 17 | ‘ Look , ’ I said , turning sharply on her and utilizing advice I 'd been given by Charlie about the treatment of women : Keep 'em keen , treat 'em mean . |
| 18 | ‘ When I found out you 'd been sacked by Mallender Marine , I thought you might be able to supply the proof I need . |
| 19 | Though his features looked as if they 'd been carved from stone , in the depths of his gaze something stirred . |
| 20 | Before Kevin Ryan came back from America and bought the Half House from the last improvident Hamilton , nephew of her mother 's first husband who 'd been killed at Tobruk . |
| 21 | The Israeli Mossad would have confirmed that I 'd been killed in Damascus . |
| 22 | Then in March , his mother was told he 'd been killed in action |
| 23 | Those who 'd been treated with AZT fared no better than for those who had n't . |
| 24 | She was n't to know that he 'd been posted to Berlin . |
| 25 | I 'd been invited to dinner too , but declined . |
| 26 | He 'd been stabbed to death . |
| 27 | Before I 'd been salvaged by Martinho and Mrs Goreng they 'd had a Frenchman and a Philadelphian about three years previous who 'd written uncomfortable stuff about starving kids , flattened villages , and summary executions . |
| 28 | She was trapped , as helpless as if she 'd been bound in chains . |
| 29 | He 'd been battered to death . |
| 30 | They were there only because they 'd been stopped at gunpoint from going any farther — by the Turkish army , a key NATO ally of the US and Britain . |