Example sentences of "have [verb] be [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eight of the properties Citalia has secured are in an old farmhouse on the estate about two miles away from the castle . |
| 2 | ‘ A third role the Guild has to play is in the promotion of the consumption and enjoyment of cheese . |
| 3 | Birmingham has a fascinating heritage which has left is with a wealth of attractions for the visitor . |
| 4 | Where the divergence has arisen is in the statement of dogma into which educators have been lured . |
| 5 | Despite this assertion of confidence in the judiciary , there must be some doubt as to whether the law as it has evolved is in the best interests of the victim . |
| 6 | He made a sweeping movement with his hand , as if what she 'd said was of no interest . |
| 7 | Nevertheless the rough tone , irregular rhythms and ‘ dirty ’ intonation that most blues singers would have used are for the most part conspicuously absent in Elvis 's performance ; his tone is full , rich and well produced , his intonation is precise , stable and ‘ correct ’ , the notes are sustained and held right through , and the phrasing is legato . |
| 8 | Anything else the guard may have remembered is of no value for he was killed in the crash . |
| 9 | In other words the protest would need to involve activity which , it could be fairly held , the protesters should have known was against the law . |
| 10 | JEAN-MARIE Yacoubou , a former prisoner of conscience in Benin , told the Hammersmith & Fulham Group recently that he could never have imagined being among the people with whom he had corresponded while in prison . |
| 11 | If I 'd not blocked or she 'd not blocked out that time in that way , what would have happened is on the thirteenth , er , of the month , erm , Red would have called me from the Health and Safety Executive would have called me and said , Ricky we 've got er , a remedial leadership weekend on the top of Snowden , and er , on that , on the last weekend of the month , and we 've got a one hour slot for you , that 's just a golden opportunity . |
| 12 | The most obvious places where this is likely to have happened are along the flanks of the Mid-North Sea and Ringkøping-Fyn Highs , around late Cretaceous inversion features such as the Texel-IJsselmeer High ( van Adrichem-Boogaert and Burgers 1983 ) , and in areas where the Zechstein is presently at outcrop such as N.E. England . |
| 13 | The point at which the system may be said to have commenced was in the Progress Office . |
| 14 | Although well equipped , he had intended being on the mountain for just one day , and had taken only a packed lunch , water , and some chocolate with him . |
| 15 | The hole through which Harry had fallen was in the centre of the ceiling . |
| 16 | An inland walk I 've enjoyed is around a five mile route starting from Bosullow Common , south of Morvah , an area rich in prehistoric remains . |
| 17 | I 'm already past the statutory retirement age and besides , I 've enjoyed being with the people in Harwich so I 'd like to stick with them if I can . ’ |
| 18 | How could they say , as they all did , frequently and sanctimoniously , that everything they had done was in the best interests of the children ? |
| 19 | Councillor Mrs Mairhi Trickett continued to insist that everything they had done was in the best interests of the children . |
| 20 | What they had said was at the end of the war they aimed at a safe and lasting peace , and to obtain that they demanded a setting up of a League of Nations . |
| 21 | His reaction to my essay , on the other hand , brought me up with a jolt ; and although what I had written is of no interest — I seem to have lost the manuscript , so that is the end of the matter — I carne to value his negative appraisals . |
| 22 | Mm I bet it 's been twisted I 've had experience of things I 've said being in the paper and not coming out as I 've said them . |
| 23 | The other fact which they had overlooked was of a different character but no less important in the long run . |
| 24 | I 'd make a new one except the only rubber I 've got is in the sole of my boot . ’ |
| 25 | All she had to do was cross a couple of wires and George would become just another victim of a tragic domestic ‘ accident ’ . |
| 26 | Det Supt Albert Kirby , the man in charge of the murder inquiry , said that the two boys they had arrested were from the Walton area of Liverpool . |
| 27 | And the ninth photograph she had taken was of a school . |
| 28 | In his final speech , Mr Nutting told the jury O'Brien had admitted being at the scene of both shootings , but the Crown had to prove he was a participant . |
| 29 | SHE had tried being in the Navy , being a secretary , being a casino croupier . |
| 30 | As it happened , the links he had remade were with the Magharba in Ajdabiya . |