Example sentences of "been [vb pp] to [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Franklin Hayman 's thin , wiry body was overshadowed by the large desk , even though he was seated on a swivel chair which had been adjusted to its maximum height . |
| 2 | It had been given to us unlabelled . |
| 3 | All have been exposed to his scarifying eye and his audacious judgments ; he has projected on all his volatile wit and a searching wisdom . |
| 4 | Moreover , this was not one of those results that had been confined to his private papers , but it had been published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society . |
| 5 | The resolutions have been targeted to everyone involved in the media and media-related professions — particularly women 's groups , advertising agencies and public legislators . |
| 6 | A bottomless dustbin , a plastic oil container and a private selection of empty bottles have already been added to his private junk heap , waiting to be collected one day when he has time . |
| 7 | ‘ After you had been presented to our gracious Queen , last summer , you followed custom by having your photograph taken in all your finery . ’ |
| 8 | An impressive feature of the cliffs is the Great Stack , a detached pinnacle of sandstone which , incredibly , has been ascended to its flat top by rock-climbers . |
| 9 | The giant American-owned company , based in Merthyr Tydfil , South Wales , confirmed that a £16.8m ‘ surplus ’ had been moved to its general fund with £11.2m handed to the Inland Revenue . |
| 10 | Zeus 's head is lost , but seems to have been turned to his proper right , and on this , the side of good omen , one would expect Pelops to stand , as he does in fig. 124 . |
| 11 | If you have dropped the computer , maybe only a few inches , and the failures started after this , then give your local repair man a ring for a quotation without delay or you could write a file to the disk which can not be read back by another machine , or your own for that matter , when the heads have been realigned to their correct setting . |
| 12 | Przewalski 's Horse has been reintroduced to its native plains near the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator , after 50 years absence … |
| 13 | Albert 's dingy sink had been scoured to its original yellow colour , and the window above it gleamed and winked with unaccustomed cleanliness . |
| 14 | Literature on the use of traditional Chinese medicine has existed in China for over 4000 years but it is only in recent times that western scientists have been alerted to its hidden potential . |
| 15 | The front section of the vast Rathaus has been restored to its original pale sand colour . |
| 16 | Its interior has been restored to its original eighteenth-century wood-panelled glory , and in each of the sparsely-furnished rooms is some of their extensive collection of nineteenth-century vases and pottery . |
| 17 | To complement the delights of the menu , the restaurant decor has been restored to its original country house splendour , with fine china and crystal on every table . |
| 18 | THE OAKS HAS BEEN RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL COUNTRY HOUSE SPLENDOUR . |
| 19 | Amidst the vineyards and olive groves that surround Strove , this 17th century state has been restored to its original splendour and now far surpasses it in comfort . |
| 20 | The banking hall was partitioned to contain the noise of the new computers but the hall has now been restored to its original open form . |
| 21 | Redeemed by Christ into a renewed virginal state , she has been restored to her original spiritual equality and autonomy . |
| 22 | Britain 's resulting debt burden was in fact greater than that of the French , whose consequent indebtedness has been linked to her political crisis of 1788 – 9 . |
| 23 | Here there had been a marriage three days before , and the bride had just been brought to her new house that morning . |
| 24 | ‘ We have been brought to our present position by the policy and behaviour of the South African Rugby Board , ’ he said . |
| 25 | In the morning , when I awoke , the rose had by the motions of the night been reduced to its fragrant parts . |
| 26 | Indeed , she had dined in the Hotel the night before and had been introduced to her local MP , Sir Ralph Grunte . |
| 27 | The Rev Kenneth Oliver , Congregational Minister of Dawes Road , Fulham , had been appointed to our Free Church Chaplaincy . |
| 28 | It is quite clear that nothing is missing from the other end of the Interludium as it was copied on to this vellum : the vellum had already been cut to its surviving top edge by the time the Interludium came to be written on to it . |
| 29 | But even more so , the miraculous survival of the Jewish people has mainly been ascribed to their faithful adherence to these laws . |
| 30 | The information had actually been passed to her personal assistant , Katharina Schoop , by an aide in the Justice Ministry , Renate Schwob . |