Example sentences of "[vb past] be [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They argue that support acted as an antecedent protective factor , but as their data was not longitudinal , the relationships they found are open to alternative explanations . |
| 2 | The dwellings are heated by communal gas boilers , the fuel used being heat-metered into each flat — occupants have the option of reducing or suspending the flow of the low-pressure hot water central hearing — while a ‘ landlord 's meter ’ records the amount of heat used in common areas . |
| 3 | The stand and materials used were similar to those used at the Steam Engine Rally . |
| 4 | The instructions and scale used were identical to those used for Studies 2 and 3 . |
| 5 | However , both the research projects mentioned were dependent on aggregate published statistics , and although they provide useful overviews , they measure the impact of planning only indirectly . |
| 6 | On the one hand , you wanted to play down the sleaze factor , not let it be thought that you 'd been involved with hundreds of men , that you slept with just anyone . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd been involved in that plane near miss on the way to York which would have frightened anyone and it was hard to concentrate properly . |
| 8 | I 'm the only one who 's ever been mayor in his twenties , and I think that came about probably because the family had been in the town since the beginning of the century erm and I 'd been involved in local politics since about eight or nine , taking numbers on polling stations and so on , and so when I got elected to the Council I think one or two people at any rate felt that it was quite natural that I should have the opportunity fairly soon . |
| 9 | Yes , I was the youngest ever Mayor of Lewes by a clear ten years , I 'm the only one who 's ever been Mayor in his twenties , and I think that came about probably because the family had been in the town since the beginning of the century , erm and I 'd been involved in local politics since about eight or nineteen , I was on polling stations and so on . |
| 10 | He had , in fact , treated her as a man might well treat a wife to whom he 'd been married for some years — a relaxed , comfortable relationship in which there was no need for any outward signs of affection . |
| 11 | She 'd been upset by that . |
| 12 | They say she 'd been depressed in recent days |
| 13 | He 'd been dead for several hours . |
| 14 | It was impossible to know whether he still believed she 'd been responsible for that . |
| 15 | But now he did n't think he 'd been harsh at all . |
| 16 | I 'd been welcome in that house for as long as you had-longer , because you were away and I just about lived there . |
| 17 | It was going to help me , with what I had in mind , the fact that I 'd been able to wise him up on that . |
| 18 | It seemed as if they 'd been wrong about one thing and only too right about the other . |
| 19 | But what if she 'd been wrong in that — what if there were other things he wanted to do ? |
| 20 | But she never suspecting it was , you know , when they 'd been alright for seven years you |
| 21 | he 'd been alright before that . |
| 22 | There was no logical reason why they should add to the vague tension he 'd been conscious of all day . |
| 23 | Then he remembered a woman he 'd met once on a train , she was singing hymns to the window , he 'd been embarrassed at first , half her fringe was missing as if someone had taken a bite out of it , only he knew she 'd done it because she caught him staring and laughed and said , ‘ I always cut it when I 'm loaded , ’ and he remembered something about a house , and because there was nothing left to cling to , because it was the only piece of wreckage left afloat , he remembered how to get there too , it was either remember or die . |
| 24 | But I 'd been interested in old houses long before that . ’ |
| 25 | All the staff have remained the same , but the managers I interviewed are new to this particular store . |
| 26 | More than three in four of the 828 adults interviewed were upset by dirty toilets at departure points while 74 per cent complained about lack of information when travel delays occurred . |
| 27 | There was still a general assumption that the self-confidence and savoir-faire they conferred were essential in any aspirant to one of the major embassies . |
| 28 | In a survey last year of farmers where poor chemical control was experienced , most of the 33 fields sampled were free from resistant strains . |
| 29 | Among those detained in January and February were reportedly some 50 imams whose sermons the new authorities claimed were prejudicial to public order [ for Jan. 22 prohibition of political activity in mosques see p. 38703 ] . |
| 30 | QUITE HOW it happened is open to public conjecture , but from being ‘ just another band ’ a few milliseconds back , the sumptuous , swaggering pearls of suave currently referred to as Suede today find themselves the red-hottest property on a lukewarm market . |