Example sentences of "[to-vb] [that] [pron] have [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody seemed to accept that I 'd been in charge of my own body and my own medication for the best part of my life ; they seemed to think that was a very strange idea . |
| 2 | It may be a consolation for them to know that I 've been at the receiving end myself . |
| 3 | Leaf-roll sawfly This clever little beast is given a fair description and discussion in the answer to question number 52 on page 208 , which , with Figure 13 above , will enable you to spot that it has been on your plants . |
| 4 | It was impossible at times to imagine that he had been in this camp all of eighteen months . |
| 5 | Yes , it was silly of me to forget that you had been to Scotland often — one of those mental slips which I am increasingly prone to . |
| 6 | They had no reason to suppose that he had been in pursuit of them , the western ride led in the general direction of the outlaws ' Great Camp and they presumed that was where he was going . |
| 7 | Sue just happened to mention that she had been to an orphanage in Brasov and Christine realised it was the same one that Christine Morey had written about . |
| 8 | Moved by her obvious concern , he had written to explain that he had been through a bad time , but was better now . |
| 9 | He went on to say that they had been at great pains to build up an efficient fifth-column unit and should not be expected to give up their best men as soon as they were trained . |
| 10 | For a moment Frau Nordern was tempted to lie , to say that she had been to a meeting , or a mother . |
| 11 | An employee needs to show that he has been in two years continuous employment . |
| 12 | There ought to be a space or an empty page or maybe even a change of typography to show that I have been for the past three and a half hours out in the streets or sitting full of thought on that gilded and trembling bridge over these lazy waters . |