Example sentences of "[vb past] to have [vb pp] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wingti vowed , if elected , to initiate a thorough investigation of all charges and to prosecute and imprison all senior officials found to have engaged in corrupt practices . |
| 2 | In schools where there was no committee , librarians seemed to have reverted to traditional allegiances ( e.g. with the English department ) and were " going it alone " as before , though undoubtedly in a rather more fertile and responsive climate , and in some cases with a slightly enhanced allocation of free periods . |
| 3 | This stage of the palaver seemed to have ended with four soldiers dead , the capital under curfew and the general back in his palace . |
| 4 | It he is right , then stage transgressions seemed to have spoken to immediate temptations in diverse ways . |
| 5 | He had learned one vital piece of information where Riddle went on the night of his disappearance — and he had no wish to persecute these youngsters , who seemed to have acted with good intentions . |
| 6 | Detectives said the fire appeared to have started in several places at once . |
| 7 | Last-minute amendments curbing some of the President 's powers of veto over legislation and of authority to impose states of emergency as set out in the draft law appeared to have won round many opponents . |