Example sentences of "have been interested " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , he would have been interested in the fact that the English word ‘ uncle ’ can be used in speaking both of one 's mother 's brother and one 's father 's brother while in Swedish , for instance , two different words are used . |
| 2 | I was n't saving up to get married , I was n't very interested in jewellery , and clothes , which I could have been interested in , came under the category of things to look at in shop windows but not to buy , because of the very limited amount of clothing coupons one was allowed to have . |
| 3 | ‘ I would have been interested in Porter if Michael had not come through as he has , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Lord Acton gave it expression for the first time in 1887 , in a letter which Tolkien might have been interested enough to read — it is in a strongly anti-Papal context . |
| 5 | As an owner will have been interested in keeping the value low so as not to pay a high export premium , the State will be ideally placed to acquire valuable works of art on the cheap . |
| 6 | There seem to have been relatively few trading links with Attica , which is surprising , although a scatter of finds at Thorikos suggests that the Minoans may have been interested in the silver ores there ; if so , the island of Kea could have been used as a trading station for their transfer to Crete . |
| 7 | ‘ We would have been interested in signing Czech rider Gaspar Forgac who impressed us on Press Day . ’ |
| 8 | What he had nearly said was , ‘ Dad would have been interested in the temple . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Dad would have been interested too , would n't he ? |
| 10 | No doubt the jury would have been interested to hear that the victim had convictions for offences of dishonesty , and conceivably even more impressed ( though in law they would be wrong to be ) to learn that she had in the past tried to stab a policeman . |
| 11 | He knew the fine private collections that were being amassed by men like Frank Burty , who was a friend , and most of all he must have been interested in the objects bought by his painter friends . |
| 12 | Wedgwood would have been interested even without the special needs of his product . |
| 13 | He mentioned the Environmental Law Foundation , specifically set up to assist citizens to protect their interests in securing a better environment — I would have thought a lot of people would have been interested in that . |
| 14 | I 'm sorry my honourable friend , the member for South Worcestershire , was unable to make all the points that he he he wanted to do as I would have been interested to hear them . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm sure the nappy manufacturers would have been interested , ’ she said . |
| 16 | He must have been interested in cooking , must n't he ? |
| 17 | You should have told the police they 'd have been interested . |
| 18 | Would our readers have been interested ? |