Example sentences of "[vb past] have [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The experimental apparatus they used has come to be called a Skinner box . |
| 2 | The principal social worker involved having returned from leave , on 22 January 1992 the local authority informed all the parties by telephone that they no longer intended to oppose the father 's application . |
| 3 | In later years , when explaining how he got to Cape Town , John always mentioned having appeared in one or two small parts when the ballet from the Cape came to Johannesburg . |
| 4 | Jan. 7 President 's family reported to have escaped to Abu Dhabi . |
| 5 | All the individuals referred to have contributed to the creation of goodness to a degree above that which is being created by millions of people in their ordinary day-to-day dealings . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It stemmed from the outbreak of Minamata disease among the Japanese who had eaten fish and shellfish containing substantial quantities of organic mercury compounds — found to have originated from the direct discharge of factory effluent . |
| 8 | According to Mr. Mahmoud , he admitted them because they pretended to have come on behalf of the insurers . |
| 9 | And this in spite of the fact that two-thirds of the ‘ excellent ’ companies analysed had fallen from grace by 1987 , when Peters himself brazenly opened his third book , Thriving on Chaos , with the statement : ‘ There are no excellent companies ’ . |
| 10 | Further , he became aware that the district has incurred a financial loss on most of the courses it had arranged in the county : in 1936–37 for example the seven courses it provided had led to an aggregated deficit of £92 for the year . |
| 11 | He was somewhat reluctant to explain , but finally did so , although if the associative method that he used had got to the ears of his victims , it might have been embarrassing . |
| 12 | All the families involved had moved from England to Orkney for a variety of reasons . |
| 13 | The company denied all responsibility for the fraud , insisting that the staff involved had acted without the knowledge of their superiors . |
| 14 | Both had been sold off and Aunt Lou remained in residence on the ground floor which she 'd had converted into a suitable flat for herself . |
| 15 | And I said maybe you 'd had heard between Mr |
| 16 | White cotton sheets that I 'd had bought as a wedding present . |
| 17 | Scar tissue all right ; a birthmark she 'd had removed in early teens in case it turned malignant . |
| 18 | On Oct. 11 five Polish nationals living in Frankfurt and Bochum were arrested when police uncovered consignments of radio-active caesium and strontium believed to have originated in the former Soviet Union . |
| 19 | I have recently purchased a yearling filly believed to have come from Bodmin Moor . |
| 20 | Missing , believed to have scarpered with the manager of Boots . |
| 21 | ‘ A major pile-up on the E 35 near Freiburg … reported eight cars involved … heavy casualties … also reported a large refrigerated truck driving north along the southbound lane caused the latest holocaust … the truck driver believed to have died in the pile-up … more details in our next news bulletin … |
| 22 | The group said it had continued to expand its stake in a pharmaceuticals market estimated to have increased by 11 to 12 per cent in 1992 . |
| 23 | There does not seem to be a constant period before illness develops , and in some people , infection estimated to have lasted for more than eight years has not resulted in illness . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | His manner seemed to have reverted to normal . |
| 26 | It seemed to have swollen in her chest , huge and hot , and its painful drumming shook her frail body as if to burst it apart . |
| 27 | I think Anna was pleased to see me despite the knowing looks from the other two , and none of them seemed to have heard about Salome , so I stayed tight-lipped . |
| 28 | The North Sea crossing seemed to have disagreed with her , and the journey in the coach to Brussels had not improved her nausea . |
| 29 | And although other people were certainly present they seemed to have faded to some other level of reality , very far removed from herself and this bulky , swarthy man who was letting her know , without a word , not only that he had her , but that should he now refuse to open the trap and let her in she would plead with him to do so . |
| 30 | The tan seemed to have faded since last night . |