Example sentences of "claim [conj] [noun prp] [vb past] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | And although Whigs under Anne liked to claim that James had been deposed for breaking his original contract with the people , they found it a credible way of embarrassing their political opponents to argue that it was the Tories who had been responsible for James 's downfall . |
| 2 | The younger John claimed that Langton had been carrying on an adulterous relationship with his stepmother Joan . |
| 3 | He faced a prison sentence , and in his eagerness to keep his client out of prison , defending QC Mr Christmas Humphreys claimed that Trevor had been overworking and was drinking ‘ to give him the energy to carry on a task that was almost more than he could bear ’ . |
| 4 | Franjiyah claimed that Geaga had been responsible for the assassination in 1978 of his father Tony Franjiyah — something which Geaga denied . |
| 5 | The award was criticized by the Guatemalan government which claimed that Menchu had been " supported by the enemies of Guatemala " . |
| 6 | On May 7 the Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry claimed that Armenia had been waging an undeclared war on Azerbaijan , and that in over 300 cross-border attacks since the beginning of the year a total of 61 Azerbaijanis had been killed . |
| 7 | A spokeswoman claimed that Itoh had been involved in discussions with Sun regarding OEM supply of the X-terminal built by C Itoh , but Sun had decided to go its own way . |
| 8 | For example , there was the Australian edition of the racy Sunday Sport which claimed that Kylie had been mauled by a killer shark while skin diving on the Great Barrier Reef . |
| 9 | Wallis was critically afflicted with consumption and William Foster , in a letter published in Peck 's Annals , claimed that Wallis had been sick for thirteen years . |
| 10 | When Ceauşescu 's chief intelligence adviser , Ion Pacepa , defected to the United States in 1978 , he claimed that Ceauşescu had been engaged in a long-term strategic plan codenamed ‘ Red Horizon ’ . |