Example sentences of "[to-vb] been [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This gave the Serbs control of most of a corridor across northern Bosnia linking Serbia proper with the Republic of Serbian Krajina ( RSK — the Serb areas in Croatia ) and was rumoured to have been part of a deal with Croatia in exchange for the army 's withdrawal from Prevlaka [ see above ] . |
| 32 | It has given me great pleasure and pride to have been part of that team . ’ |
| 33 | The payment made to Olaf Tryggvason in 994 , for example , seems to have been part of a deal in which Olaf agreed to be confirmed ( with Æthelred standing sponsor ) , and promised that he would never return to England . |
| 34 | ‘ I 'm looking forward to the final official opening of the Tunnel , and I 'm delighted to have been part of the support structure that has made it possible . |
| 35 | A certain Osmund appears to have been king of the South Saxons until at least c . |
| 36 | To have been ice for so long , then to melt at the sight of my brother 's fiancée ! |
| 37 | Which periods of UK history seem to have been periods of major structural change ? |
| 38 | There appear to have been trends in the fossil gymnosperms leading to increased protection of the ovules . |
| 39 | With Sir Thomas Cooke , his successor as governor , Herne appears to have been party to some extremely shady deals to break up the opposition group in 1693–4 , and to have engaged in bribery to help secure a new charter for the company in 1694 ; all this brought a parliamentary storm on his head in the spring of 1696 . |
| 40 | Those who have actual memories of the year are unlikely to have been party to the Party that was supposed to be the mythical Swinging Sixties — one of the authors was still unafflicted by puberty while the other was into his third year in a sheet-metal factory , so we certainly were n't invited . |
| 41 | Although Whaddon were the only team to enter , and despite the FA declaring the competition null and void , we can , in all fairness I think , claim to have been holders of the Charwoods ' Sweet Pickle A and B Cup . |
| 42 | ‘ What a pleasure it has been , and an honour to have been MP for Winchester for 13 years , ’ he said , thanking those who had supported him in the past year . |
| 43 | The Collector had shown such enthusiasm for its hollow wonders that he himself had been tempted and misled ; he had allowed his own small stirrings of doubt , which he recognized now to have been stirrings of conscience , to be smothered . |
| 44 | No details of any other claims by 261 Squadron pilots are available , but their opponents are believed to have been aircraft on the 23° Gruppo C.T. , which had just returned from Libya . |
| 45 | Most of the people who were in the street at that time would have been in one or other of the pubs , but do n't forget that the harbour is full of craft of all sorts and there are sure to have been people aboard some of them . ’ |
| 46 | He was the son of and seems to have been co-ruler with King Cenred ( see Appendix , Fig. 3 ) , whose advice he acknowledges in his laws which date to the period before 693/4 ( when Eorcenwald , bishop of London , whose help he also acknowledges , died ) . |
| 47 | As we shall see , there seems to have been provocation from Normandy too . |
| 48 | At first they were thought to have been victims of a crossbow bolt . |
| 49 | If estoppel was to be relied on , it ought , I think , to have been estoppel by representation . |
| 50 | There also seems to have been trouble at Ramsey . |
| 51 | We are proud to have been supporters of him and the team . |
| 52 | For whatever reason , Neil , who had almost looked forward to relieving his body 's urgent demands — he seemed to have been continent for years , and McAllister 's arrival in Vetch Street had most inconveniently revived his dormant senses — found that he was disgusted with himself most of all . |
| 53 | His source for this information is not given , but he does mention the existence of documents signed by a man of this name which show him to have been kadi of Cirmen and of Edirne . |
| 54 | The liberals were equally determined to use their parliamentary power to prevent reaction : in masonic circles there seems even to have been talk of a republican dictatorship . |
| 55 | We know that there were three other nominations but not whom two of them were , assuming the third to have been John of St Paul . |
| 56 | Both these divisions , however , appear to have been exceptions to the normal pattern , since they raised issues concerning the Union with Scotland , complex legal technicalities , as well as personal questions of sympathy for or antipathy towards the individuals concerned , all of which placed strains on the normal political sympathies of the different peers . |
| 57 | ‘ Do you believe there to have been illegality in the running of the club affairs ? ’ |
| 58 | On Feb. 21 , arson attacks against three department stores in Frankfurt were reported to have been protests against western involvement in the Gulf . |
| 59 | Clinton and Neville of Hornby seem to have been followers of the Earl of Lancaster ; Neville had been taken prisoner at Boroughbridge but was pardoned in return for a fine of £500 , of which he paid only £50 . |