Example sentences of "have [verb] [pron] [verb] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd forgotten you 'd been in it . ’ |
| 2 | The first time he 'd seen her had been at Dave 's , and Dave had kept a possessive arm round her all evening , warning others away . |
| 3 | Since he had a lady so much more deserving than myself , I could have wished I had been of his sex and then there never would have been a more perfect friendship . |
| 4 | ‘ I would n't have known you 'd been in computers . ’ |
| 5 | The outcome ( perhaps this would have happened whoever had been at the Ministry of Labour ) was that most of the principal figures of the Government devoted a good part of their time to assisting Steel-Maitland in his job . |
| 6 | Adam would have to admit he had been in the wrong , had been extremely negligent , criminally careless really , in allowing any Tom , Dick and Harry access to Wyvis Hall . |
| 7 | You 've seen my cuttings and you 've seen what 's been on the News the last couple of days . |
| 8 | Blanche thought she detected a flicker of self-satisfaction , as though she had confirmed what had been for him until then just a suspicion . |
| 9 | I went to post it in the index book I 've got it 's stopped it 's been in |
| 10 | MEGADETH have revealed they 've been in group therapy for the past three years . |
| 11 | Research into technological innovation has generally assumed that although shifts have occurred they have been within a stable organisational framework . |