Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pers pn] have been " in BNC.
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| 1 | This sparked immediate criticism that the MMC regulations requiring Bass to free pubs from the tie or sell them had been by-passed . |
| 2 | Moore and Robert Smyth , aged 17 , of Hartwell Place , Belfast , were also charged with receiving the clubs knowing or believing them to have been stolen . |
| 3 | It will be necessary to confirm that all restrictions have been observed and if they have not been observed , to confirm that consent to vary or discharge them has been forthcoming . |
| 4 | The judgements that have to be made are complex , not least because local government has existed for a long time and the opportunities for building up capital or depleting it have been great . |
| 5 | In practice that will only occur if there are difficulties in serving the defendant ( see , for example , Gurtner v Circuit [ 1968 ] 2 QB 587 , Howells v Jones ( 1975 ) 119 SJ 577 , Sisknys v Hanley ( 1982 ) The Times , 26 May ) or if there has been an express or implied agreement to defer service of the writ or the plaintiff 's delay in serving it or renewing it has been induced or contributed to by the defendant 's words or conduct ( Heaven v Road and Rail Wagons Ltd [ 1965 ] 2 QB 655 ) . |
| 6 | Forgotten , or decided it had been idle talk , a vow impossible to realise . |
| 7 | THE KITCHEN was a large stone-floored room whose low ceiling seemed to trap the heat of the stove and hold cooking smells long after the meal that created them had been forgotten . |
| 8 | Unable to admit that meeting him had been the catalyst , Luce said , ‘ I realised we were totally unsuited . |
| 9 | Any number of factors may turn up that show him to have been mistaken . |
| 10 | The old powers and the impenetrable secrecy that protected them had been breached by the new liberties . |
| 11 | ‘ Perhaps I should sell the place and be done with it , ’ he said with an abruptness that showed he 'd been considering the idea for some time . |
| 12 | ‘ I saw that sort you 've been knocking about with last night . |
| 13 | My local bank manager said that means she 'd been renting a deposit box . |
| 14 | " But I know that kid you 've been testing . |
| 15 | I can remember Leslie coming home , I think I must have been expecting Doreen at the time , that was in , that was early early on , nineteen , well that was nineteen sixty three , and he was , he had heard that had I had been in the Gatehouse Drama Club , and er he said , Would I be interested in com in coming to the Drama in if they started ? |
| 16 | Prince Charles Edward was not among the runaways although to rescue him had been the task force 's real objective . |
| 17 | Farmers are wondering what to do with eight million tonnes of straw now that burning it has been banned . |
| 18 | I heard a scuffle outside and presumed he 'd been escorted from the building , but before leaving he pushed a News of the World Christmas card under the door offering me £40,000 for an interview . |
| 19 | Since Holyfield took over and made grandad-bashing respectable on the heavyweight scene , those young lions who ought to have been clawing each other for the right to depose and expose him have been harmlessly shadow boxing around each other . |
| 20 | Have you not read novels , been to the cinema and watched the hero and heroine embracing and realized you have been missing a great deal ? |
| 21 | He heard Larry asking why , and realized he had been deaf . |
| 22 | Craig looked around him and realized he had been here before . |
| 23 | ‘ I was bleeding and realised I 'd been hit . ’ |
| 24 | Riven blinked , and realised he had been staring at nothing for a long minute . |
| 25 | Although CDC would not come clean with its actual choice of another RISC , it ruled out Sparc , said DEC 's Alpha was just vapourware and admitted it had been positively influenced by HP 's technology commitment . |
| 26 | However , Hakim ( 1982 ) re-analysed the data and found that ‘ the results … confirm the association between crime and unemployment , and suggest it has been increasing over time ’ ( p.453 ) . |
| 27 | ‘ In a fairy story one of them would ride up to the avenue here on a white horse and say they 'd been wanting you as part of their lives for years , ’ Benny said . |
| 28 | ‘ They all live in the Sydenham , Inverary Park , Holywood Road , and Garnerville area and say they have been feeling very unwell . |
| 29 | Sheena , can I be the odd one out and say I 've been in love with one man for forty five years , I have n't heard any body saying any thing very nice about that , I would like to say its wonderful . |
| 30 | So he would be vague , and talk of the south , and say he had been a vagrant for many years . |