Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result now , after over three months , is that the tanks are stable and I 've lost no more fish . |
| 2 | We have to believe they are right because they have played such an important part in our identity and in defining the world for us . |
| 3 | It would 've been awful if they 'd found my things in the car . ’ |
| 4 | If Vitor believed her to have been three months pregnant in Adelaide , then he believed she had already been pregnant when they had made love ! |
| 5 | Her triumph would have been short-lived if she had seen the smile slip from his face and a look of regret shape his expression ; his quiet eyes were drawn to the window , to the skyline beyond . |
| 6 | Nobody 's who 's died has ever been depressed after they 've taken |
| 7 | Applying Phipps he would have been guilty if he had drove to the agreed destination and then driven to his true destination . |
| 8 | Could she have been right when she had thought , almost a week ago , that Roman was about to tell her he had asked Dana to marry him ? |
| 9 | She had been right when she 'd called him the devil , because he was — but oh , how she wished she did n't find him so incredibly attractive . |
| 10 | If anything , she was relieved at the outcome –f that particular incident — Josie had been right when she 'd said that after going so far Lucy was now marking time and getting no further . |
| 11 | David had been right when he 'd said that Rachel knew the whereabouts of Brooklands , for she had been there with her parents and her sister shortly after David and Jennifer 's engagement had been announced . |
| 12 | He 'd been right when he 'd said she was shrewish , though she 'd never suffered from the malady before . |
| 13 | He had been right when he 'd said there was no future — because the past would always exist . |
| 14 | His concluding words were : I do not find it easy to stand here and tell those of you who are deaf that you have had a poor education , and that your children are having the same poor education . |
| 15 | ‘ It allowed Tatham to develop reserves that probably would not have been economic if they had to build their own stand-alone facility . |
| 16 | Appeals chief Dorothy Roberts said : ‘ I am upset if I have offended anyone , but the care of the patients must come first . ’ |
| 17 | His army colleagues are upset that he has admitted in his book that the government was behind the killing of an estimated 10,000 people in a ten-day crack-down on ’ organised ’ crime in Jakarta in 1983 . |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , and you 'd have been grateful that I 'd gone . |
| 19 | The porter who rang up to Mrs. Banks and directed Charles to her flat was also no doubt expensive , and would have been discreet if he had refrained from accompanying his directions with a wink . |
| 20 | Our survey programmes have been extensive and we have found nothing of a type similar to that which has been found in Derbyshire . |
| 21 | Fifteen Para , which has its headquarters in my constituency , was being marched to oblivion until public opinion brought itself to bear on the Ministry , and I am grateful that it has taken a step backwards , but we still do not know what size that step is . |
| 22 | Otherwise probably that 's why they are dear because they have to do things like that . |
| 23 | I am sorry that we have misplaced the Blackpool NDB by .87 of a nautical mile , but we will be correcting it in our free amendment , and at least it gives Mr. Allan something to be caustic about . |
| 24 | I am sorry that he has gone , since I do not like criticising him in his absence . |
| 25 | I am sorry that I had to deceive you just now ; I am from the Military Police Special Investigation Branch . ’ |
| 26 | I am sorry that I have made them |
| 27 | I am sorry that it has taken longer to respond to your recent telephone call than I had expected , but I have now examined all the papers relating to this matter and have re-visited Captains Road . |
| 28 | ‘ We have had our differences and I am sorry if it has caused offence . ’ |
| 29 | For the most part it had been easier than she had expected . |
| 30 | ‘ Life must have been easier once he had gone ! ’ |