Example sentences of "that [pron] [noun] have [be] in " in BNC.
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1 | The kids know that their parents have been in a car crash , of course . |
2 | the burgeoning suspicion that his commitment has been in vain , must , as Anita Mason depicts , have been an appalling psychological torment . |
3 | Denis had had to reveal it when applying to join — they 'd have found out anyway that his father had been in the RIC . |
4 | He says that when he first learned that his father had been in prison he expected the crime to be something on a grand scale , something melodramatic , like murder , something novelistic , like ruining in bankruptcy thousands of trusting small investors , as the Town & County Bank had done in Cranford , or Mr. Frothingham in The Whirlpool or Ponderovo [ sic ] in Tono - Bungay . |
5 | As fast as he undid them I did them up again , so that when he got to my waist and sighed he recoiled with indignation and astonishment to find that his labour had been in vain . |
6 | It is of great comfort to know that John had so many friends and that our family has been in the thoughts and prayers of so many people . |