Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [conj] [pron] was [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ( " You have heard that it was said " was the traditional rabbinic formula for introducing their interpretation . )
2 I have heard that he was saddened by these writings of Fernanda Eberstadt 's , in which his own writings are faulted .
3 Detectives investigating the murder of Glasgow pensioner Agnes Law have revealed that she was killed for the few pounds she had in her house .
4 Ever since I produced my proposals about three months ago , I have thought that he was opposing them .
5 In the sixty odd years that have passed since it was built , the house , like any other house , has mellowed .
6 & sup1 ; I want to talk about reactions to the report and to highlight a few issues which have arisen since it was written .
7 Optimists in the West have suggested that he was allowed to make acquisitions undisturbed because certain powerful figures recognised the importance of the work he was collecting ; others have said that only by keeping his activities entirely secret was he able to amass this extraordinary body of paintings .
8 It is quite clear against the background that I have described that it was intended that it should be an exceptional power and that it should be used only when there are no other ways in which the individual applicant may consider the case himself through the planning process .
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