Example sentences of "[noun prp] have be [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | England have been in trouble twice this season , upset by Canada 's pack at Wembley and shunted alarmingly by South Africa during the first half . |
| 2 | Lisburn have been in existence for more than 150 years and is Ulster 's oldest surviving cricket club . |
| 3 | With no game this weekend the Manor Ground was closed for business … but the directors were working overtime in the boardroom … sorting through thirty applications for the manager 's job … they 've drawn up a shortlist … four men are being interviewed over the next couple of days … who are they … the club are keeping the names a secret … we reckon Chris Nicholl … the former Southampton manager is still in the running … so too is the former Sunderland and Bristol City chief Denis Smith … the fans favourite is Mark Lawrenson who was in charge of United for a short spell before he fell out with Maxwells and the fourth man … is a mystery … could be the dark horse the names of former England keeper Ray Clemence and one time Villa striker Peter Withe have been under discussion … all will be revealed later this week … |
| 4 | Hugh and Joyce Gardiner have been with Timex for a total of 44 years and never believed that their fight could have reached such a pitch . |
| 5 | A magnificent example of the ‘ Paxford says ’ routine is provided when Maureen and Minto have been into Oxford to get two wireless sets on approval . |
| 6 | The restrictions on imports from and exports to South Africa have been in place since 1985 . |
| 7 | The restrictions on imports from and exports to South Africa have been in place since 1985 . |
| 8 | Mr MacSharry and Commission President Jacques Delors have been at daggers drawn for weeks over tactics in the GATT talks with the Americans with Mr Delors accused of favouring the powerful French farm lobby . |
| 9 | In the past nine years , he says , he and Kinnock have been to hell and back together but ( unless Sisyphus intrude these columns again ) paradise now seems tantalisingly close . |
| 10 | Would the Prime Minister confirm that today 's figures show the biggest rise in long-term unemployment in 10 years , that 1.3 million people in Britain have been without work for more than six months and that 750,000 of those have been without work for more than a year ? |
| 11 | It will be the first time that politicians from Eastern Europe have been to dinner in the Speaker 's apartments . |
| 12 | Since the ‘ two-plus-four ’ process began , Britain and France have been in tune , notably on a place for Poland when the talks turn to frontiers . |
| 13 | The seventh oldest club in the country , Darlington have been in Durham and Northumberland Division One five divisions below National Division Four since league rugby began five years ago . |
| 14 | South Africa Spain , Australia and New Zealand have been in fashion I was told . |
| 15 | Richard Harris and Gene Hackman have been in Westerns before but never one as good as this ( indeed , Harris ' character 's inflation of his own pompous myth relates to the sham of his A Man Called Horse ) , which is a key to their characterisations and the way they are constantly stacked up against Eastwood . |
| 16 | Since April , the United Mine Workers of America have been on strike here against the Pittston Company : 1,700 miners have been out for seven months and , despite intimidation , no one has gone back to work . |
| 17 | Members of the Computing Sub-Group have been in discussion with a number of specialists , to establish the desirability and practicality of connecting to the Internet , and some attended a demonstration in Edinburgh University recently . |
| 18 | US Budweiser and the firm in Ceske Budejovice have been at loggerheads for almost a century , exchanging writs over the use of the Budweiser name . |
| 19 | For almost 18 months Margaret Thatcher and Nigel Lawson have been at loggerheads over sterling . |
| 20 | Dozens of Maxwell pensioners from Oxfordshire have been at Westminster as part of a national lobby about their lost pensions . |
| 21 | Kim 's parents from Oxfordshire have been in court to hear three days of evidence . |