Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [adv] have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Fitchew said she was extremely relieved not to have been sent to prison . |
| 2 | This ‘ social constructionism ’ can in turn be linked to that whole shift in critical thinking which has sought to undermine any credibility in the unified subject as a source of meaning , and most crucial here has been the contribution of psychoanalysis . |
| 3 | It 's just that today 's been strange and I thought maybe , oh . ’ |
| 4 | The possibility that some fossils corresponded to species no longer alive today had been noted even in the late seventeenth century , but had been put on one side until now . |
| 5 | The Zoo lay under a bitter stormy sky , the bars of the cages seeming even more black against it than they were and the leafless trees more bleak There had been thick snow the previous week , the final throes of winter , and then it had thawed leaving dampness and mud everywhere . |
| 6 | The military court which imposed the sentences , the most severe yet to have been imposed upon anti-Aquino coup participants , acquitted a further 20 men ; cases against a further 16 remained pending . |
| 7 | Given the subject covered by the consultation paper , we are rather concerned not to have been notified of its existence . |
| 8 | was pleasantly surprised even to have been selected for one of the 12 British pairs that went to Germany , and pleased to have come 80th from around 1000 pairs . |
| 9 | After the case , the airport authorities issued a statement saying they were not even aware there had been a breach of security and that the matter was the responsibility of the airline , Wardair . |
| 10 | ‘ The Northern Regional Health Authority are well aware there have been difficulties in this district . |
| 11 | I would have been quite happy just to have been on the bench for the entire championship but , as it turned out , I had another big incentive in that as Gary might not play for the rest of the Five Nations there would be four internationals available if I proved good enough ’ . |
| 12 | This is the only picture among the 50 most expensive not to have been auctioned by Christie 's or Sotheby 's in London or New York ( with a single Sotheby 's exception in Monaco ) . |
| 13 | As you know , we were most disappointed not to have been invited to give our views on the above consultation paper earlier this year . |
| 14 | Keepers there gave them a bijou penthouse , an extensive garden and pretty soon they 'd sealed their union with a cub : one of very few ever to have been born in captivity . |
| 15 | As it is the vets believe Martini will make a full recovery , but he 's very lucky not to have been more seriously hurt . |
| 16 | ‘ They were very lucky not to have been hurt . ’ |
| 17 | Fluid flow turbulence , in contrast , is far too pervasive ever to have been regarded in this way . |
| 18 | He would have been horrified , and very likely never have been my friend again . |
| 19 | There was no advantage in taking them back to the barn where they 'd been born , as when we found them they were too young ever to have been out of it , so would n't have known their way around . |