Example sentences of "[v-ing] [that] [pers pn] have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By Nov. 20 Mahdi Mohammed was reported to be massing reinforcements in Warsheik , about 60 km north of Mogadishu , and had placed a satellite telephone call to the British Broadcasting Corporation denying that he had been ousted . |
| 2 | My brother , now himself in the RAF , turned up at the door of the Met Office one morning , announcing that he had been posted to Bourn . |
| 3 | Gavin Turk , who attracted notice for erecting , as his only contribution to his degree show at the Royal College of Art a year ago , a blue English Heritage plaque announcing that he had been working in his studio for two years , is having a first exhibition at an apartment in Docklands , opposite Canary Wharf ( 1–31 July ; by appointment only , call 071–274 0041 ) . |
| 4 | Kahane gave him the one for the previous month , explaining that they had been out in the desert for six weeks . |
| 5 | Merrill was drying her hair on Saturday afternoon when Diane from the next flat knocked at the door and held out a letter addressed to Merrill , explaining that it had been included with her junk mail which she had ignored until a moment ago . |
| 6 | He wore an open-neck shirt and trousers that needed pressing , but he 'd apologized for his ‘ unkempt ’ condition when he 'd first greeted them , explaining that he 'd been decorating at home and had pulled on the first things to hand in his haste to get to the waxworks . |
| 7 | The defendent appealed , argueing that he had been lead to make his statement by being promised bail , and had been mislead by being falsely told that his companion had confessed ; but the judgment of the court was against him . |
| 8 | Sir Richard , in hose and open cambric shirt , wiped dust from his hands , apologising that he had been out with the craftsmen who were putting the finishing touches to their pageant for the young king 's coronation . |
| 9 | ‘ In our dealings with North West companies we find that many have shown increases in productivity and earnings , even during the recession , proving that they have been able to compete effectively in the international arena , ’ she said , adding that there was nevertheless no room for complacency . |
| 10 | You 're suggesting that they 've been disorganized ? |
| 11 | He was dressed in work clothes — tailored dark grey trousers and a cream shirt — but the latter was open at the neck and he wore no tie , suggesting that he had been ready for a relaxing Friday evening drink . |
| 12 | Whilst suggesting that he had been keen to run , he explained his decision on the grounds that his obligation to the people of his state came before his personal ambition for the presidency . |
| 13 | The official report states that the broken piece of window bar was later found to have adhesive tape wrapped around each end , suggesting that it had been severed beforehand . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , he said that he wanted to do something useful with his life , seeing that it had been given back to him when he had n't expected it . |
| 15 | Personally , I think it was a merciful release both for my aunt and for my Uncle Félix , seeing that she had been a helpless invalid for so long . |
| 16 | ‘ You could hang your torso , seeing that you have been a paramedic . ’ |
| 17 | Laura blinked , realising that she had been so buried in her own thoughts that she 'd missed what Carole had been saying . |
| 18 | Belov chatted easily , although his real talent lay in persuading her to talk without her realising that she 'd been persuaded . |
| 19 | The victim had then chased the boy and caught him , before realising that he had been shot in the arm , which once more suggests that it can not have been a terribly powerful weapon . |
| 20 | ‘ Even today I was n't presuming that I had been chosen . ’ |
| 21 | The encounter could be read as establishing that he has been silly , while clearing him of a certain … imputation . |
| 22 | He had joined up as Air Crew , and for several weeks had walked around proudly with the white flash in his cap , denoting that he had been selected for flying . |
| 23 | Surely he was n't implying that she had been trying out her feminine wiles on Sam ? |
| 24 | And went down into the kitchen , whose door she boldly opened , not caring that it had been shut to bar her out . |
| 25 | The kind of imprinting that we have been considering so far is called ‘ filial ’ imprinting . |
| 26 | It was , she said , adding that she had been to over fifty funerals in the UK alone , the funeral of a lifetime . |
| 27 | She resisted adding that she had been working overtime on his designs . |
| 28 | A World Bank spokesman responded to the leak by denying that the memo in any way represented Bank policy , and adding that it had been written in a deliberately ironic tone in order to provoke internal debate within the organization . |
| 29 | Morton was on the point of killing the Dragoon when the soldier begged for quarter , adding that he had been forced into the army and had not wanted to be a soldier . |
| 30 | ‘ not for the purpose of repining that they had been deprived of the important blessings of hearing and speech , but to manifest their love and gratitude to God for all those other things He permitted them to enjoy . ’ |