Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] that [pers pn] have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lamprey was reading the second , and so far no word had come downstairs that it had been rejected . |
| 2 | This section is for permanent residents ; I brought you here first because if it had got out that you had been here and had n't seen this lot my life would n't have been worth living . |
| 3 | Miss Malabedeely had been kneeling by a chair , praying , and Kate had thought immediately that she 'd been asking God to stop Miss Shaw and Miss Rist being so unpleasant to her . |
| 4 | They refused still to attend the kirk and word had got around that they had been married by ‘ The Prophet ’ . |
| 5 | At any rate , they had known that the Nilsen girl had n't delivered her message unless they were guessing , word having got around that she had been picked up unconscious . |
| 6 | Saad had taken his own life the night the news had gone round that he 'd been caught sleeping with a travelling shepherd . |
| 7 | Outwardly , I criticised them as much as anybody , feeling more than pissed off that we had been hit on their account . |
| 8 | One thing parents ca n't afford — especially our sort of parent — is that the whisper might be put about that they had been willing to toy with their own children 's safety . |
| 9 | Mr Peter Stewart , hospital unit general manager , would not comment on the outcome of the appeal until he had heard officially that it had been defeated . |
| 10 | It was confirmed yesterday that she has been nominated as best actress for her part in the film Howards End . |