Example sentences of "have be [adj] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | If , for instance , there has been a cold wind blowing for several days and the water temperature has been well down for the time of year , then the wind ceases and the sun brings a sudden warmth to the water , you can almost guarantee that the carp will begin to feed . |
2 | Skin the turkey breast and lay it what would have been skin-side down on the table . |
3 | If he 'd been born an American he 'd have been high up in the CIA — and still informing Moscow … ’ |
4 | They must have been high up in the tree , leaves . |
5 | The Diadora League minnows could have been three up in the first 20 minutes . |
6 | It had been successful up to the 1960s , but had latterly declined to being used as a bingo hall . |
7 | Interestingly , two of the cases were diagnosed within four days of surgery , and both patients had been mobile up to the day of surgery . |
8 | Hoelzer claims the mural was wet and mouldy , and that several shapes had been razor-bladed out of the canvas . |
9 | There were two mortar explosions over by the road , then all was fairly quiet except for the sound of firing away in the distance at the other end of the village , where I had been earlier on in the evening . |
10 | Well , as I say , I 've been all down through the . |