Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] been [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The documents appear to have been working papers that were used for setting price caps for the authorities . |
| 2 | However , the only unauthorised visitors appear to have been souvenir hunters and men foraging among the stores . |
| 3 | There was a further skirmish between 261 Squadron and 7/JG26 this day during which a Hurricane pilot , believed to have been Sgt. Hyde , claimed a Bf109 shot down and one damaged . |
| 4 | Whether he originated the union or not , its inspiration seemed to have been Thomas Moore , a former naval officer who campaigned tirelessly for the rights of seamen , and who became its honorary president . |
| 5 | The vessel was said to have been intelligence gathering and the damage it sustained caused it to release oil and form another , though smaller , slick to float about the Gulf . |
| 6 | Oh , I was going to 've been Suzanne Brown , years ago , before he stole my bag . |
| 7 | A key figure in the conspiracy was alleged to have been William Casey . |
| 8 | She has been a deputy Speaker since 1987 , and is understood to have been Mr Kinnock 's choice for Speaker if Labour had won last week 's General Election . |
| 9 | The major factor in the deaths seems to have been polystyrene ceiling tiles in the kitchen and living room . |
| 10 | The Jacobite riot at Newcastle-under-Lyme in July 1715 was a well-planned and carefully staged affair , and one of the patrons seems to have been Ralph Sneyd , MP for Staffordshire . |
| 11 | The main area under discussion seems to have been Venezia Giulia and Trieste . |
| 12 | Jeremy Isaacs , former chief executive of Channel Four , challenged Mr Birt to name the mystery secretarial assistant to whom Mr Birt 's company paid a £15,000 salary , and who is now widely assumed to have been Mrs Jane Birt . |
| 13 | Both government and opposition are grappling with the awkward consequences of an upsurge of religious tension inspired by militant Hindu claims to a disused Muslim mosque on a site believed to have been Lord Rama 's birthplace . |
| 14 | Lord Hollick is believed to have been Mr Montgomery 's main backer originally but there were rumours of a rift following the resignation of the Mirror 's political editor , Alastair Campbell , last week , according to the Sunday Times . |
| 15 | They are believed to have been family shrines rather than communal burial places . |
| 16 | In view of the benevolent rule of the communes this might seem to have been retrograde step . |
| 17 | In fact , if the truth be known , he would really have liked to have been Walt Disney ! |