Example sentences of "to have been [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although everyone somehow seemed to have been looking the other way at the time , the young man 's explanation was accepted and written down in his file to make it true . |
| 2 | The contributors seem to have been given a clear brief to provide just enough context to introduce the paintings themselves , with special emphasis on distinguishing the styles of lesser masters , and many plates showing refreshingly unfamiliar works from recent London auctions , all perhaps with antique collectors in mind . |
| 3 | The top chasers have a habit of being able to give weight and a beating to their more humble rivals and although Barnbrook Again appears to have been given a stiff task in conceding 8lb to Rusch de Farges , his two runs already this season should give him the advantage . |
| 4 | According to one report , he told a group of journalists that he believed he ought to have been given the interim presidency . |
| 5 | He was frequently referred to on radio and television , and in the papers , as the first person to have been given an artificial heart . |
| 6 | He shaped well when fourth behind Tipping Tim at Cheltenham and appears to have been given an ideal build-up . |
| 7 | Once again Saddam Hussein appeared to have been given an 11th-hour chance to stop the slaughter ; once again , the powerful American-led military coalition was crouched , set to pounce . |
| 8 | Few apart from servants and those running retailing shops would have expected to have been employed the whole year through . |
| 9 | This looks to have been painted a long time ago . ’ |
| 10 | She appeared to have been holding a makeshift icepack to the side of her head and a couple of the cubes had skidded out of reach and begun to melt , almost as if she 'd been in too much of a hurry to stretch over for them . |
| 11 | The sword appears to have been to defend the Holy Church , the sceptre to signify royal power and the rod to symbolize virtue and equity . |
| 12 | Plan A almost fell at the first fence as Trippy and the rest of the squat seemed to have been having an end-of-season sale in Trippy 's medicine chest . |
| 13 | Under RSC , Ord 65 , r 7 , if service is effected after 4 pm on a weekday or 12 noon on a Saturday , service is deemed to have been effected the next day or on Monday as the case may be . |
| 14 | The Jockey Club expects to ‘ clarify that situation shortly ’ and Pipe , who believes the horse to have been administered a fast-acting tranquiliser , is anxiously awaiting the results . |
| 15 | The overall intention of the Minoan priestesses seems to have been to house the whole pantheon in the Labyrinth , luring deities from their various shrines and sanctuaries in outlying areas . |