Example sentences of "have be [verb] [pron] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 A key objective since Tencel was launched has been to position it at the top end of the market , working with the best mills , converters and manufacturers and attracting a premium price for the fibre .
2 However , some on-the-job training , in skills such as cash handling or food preparation , is usually given to seasonal workers and this allows them to be moved into tasks which would have been denied them at the start of their employment .
3 Yes , it was real , it was happening : sitting with her back straight and her head up in the carriage on the way back , she thought how proud her father would have been to see her at the centre of all this pomp and splendour , and found herself mentally comparing his craggy looks and red beard with Joãs clean-shaven face and small , manicured hands .
4 perhaps the Company 's lack of comment on its own future , which must increasingly have been worrying them at the turn of the century .
5 I thought — if it had been my parents who had been talking , they would have been doing it at the tops of their voices , for surely on the content alone that conversation had been a row .
6 Coleman knew them already — they had been to see him at the University of Alabama while planning the trip — and so it was natural enough that he should now take on the chore of shepherding them around the island during their stay .
7 His original plan had been to sell her at the Sonepur Mela in Bihar , the world 's largest animal fair and their final destination .
8 Constable Perkins , who had been enjoying himself at the fête , ‘ patrolling ’ the exhibits , had only by chance come into the Cookery Tent at the vital moment .
9 This suggested they had been attacked one at a time , and taken by surprise , which reinforced the verdict that two and not four men were involved .
10 He 's been telling them at the public house that you 'll help his noble family become great again .
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