Example sentences of "it [vb past] [pron] have [been] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when the colonel himself seemed to have taken matters into his own hands by delegating him to a job that tired him out day after day , week after week , it seemed they had been successful . |
| 2 | It seemed he had been behind the same car for hours now — a Jaguar whose iridescent blue reminded Dexter of oil shimmering on the surface of a puddle . |
| 3 | It seemed he had been sent no less than ten lords a leaping . |
| 4 | Now that it was happening it seemed it had been inevitable from the start . |
| 5 | One did not have to attend school meals with the boys over the week-end if one was off duty ; and the only master who might have noticed I had been away was Méli himself , but as it happened he 'd been in Athens . |
| 6 | It meant he 'd been laid off again at the stocking factory . |
| 7 | He had simply been angry and believed that it meant he had been right all the time and that his sister really was in Hepzibah 's Power . |
| 8 | ‘ When we arrived at the house it appeared there had been an attempt to destroy literature by burning it . |
| 9 | In one was a fat , broad-faced man ; the body perfect and soft , as if just dead ; the lid had been glewed together , lengthways , and the weight of the earth had prest down his nose ; his beard was about half an inch long ; the winding-sheet was crape , tied with black ribbons ; and the thumbs and toes with the like ; the date was composed of small nails ( 1665 ) by which it appeared he had been dead seventy-two years ; as were also the figure of an hour-glass , death 's head , and cross bones . |
| 10 | It said there had been seven votes cast and a clear majority for Prime Suspect . |
| 11 | It said it had been unable to establish with sufficient certainty which of the inconsistent statements made by Mr Clark was not true . |
| 12 | It compounded what had been learnt , and gave the opportunity to learn new skills through five different types of dive . |
| 13 | That was true , and if it suggested they had been alerted by the security pass and not by a friend in the underpaid BBC World Service , then so much the better . |