Example sentences of "be [adj] [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If my financial researches are right I have to say the most likely suspect for that particular activity is Wheeler . ’ |
| 2 | The difficulties are that one has to spend a lot of time sitting in the classroom working with the teacher , or observing the teacher , and it 's difficult to find that time when one is teaching at university . |
| 3 | Really it 's a problem of time and resources erm the difficulties are that one has to spend a lot of time sitting in the classroom working with the teacher , or observing the teacher and it 's difficult to find that time when one is teaching at university . |
| 4 | Where cloth had been scarce they had pinned ivy or ch'in-sei , the silver-leafed creeper which grew where nothing else would survive , and Artai 's device — an eagle with an arrow in its talons — was painted onto friezes which were roped to gables and lamp cressets . |
| 5 | The criterion governing the choice has been that which has directed Ortiz 's own collecting : aesthetic quality , with the additional requirement that the works of art should be representative of the best of their culture . |
| 6 | I am sorry we have taken sometime to respond to this consultation paper , but it has had to take its place in the queue ! |
| 7 | She said , ‘ Angharad is out on the hills alone , so I can not come to the Fair ’ , and she said , ‘ I am sorry you have had a wasted journey ’ , and she said , ‘ Have a nice time at the Fair . ’ |
| 8 | I am sorry it has taken so long to send you a copy and return your slides . |
| 9 | WILLIAMS : I am sorry I have incurred your displeasure and the more as I have been told by Lady Jones that you had a more honourable view than at first was apprehended . |
| 10 | ‘ His timing was impeccable , and he ended up the hero but you set your own standards and once they are high you have got to keep up with them . |
| 11 | ‘ I am afraid you have lost my wife 's vote , ’ he said . |
| 12 | I am afraid you have missed the last serving of supper . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I am afraid I had to dismiss Master Nan . |
| 14 | ‘ I am afraid I 've kept you too long and tired you . |
| 15 | ‘ I know you wanted to speak to Rhoda Brocklebank but I am afraid I 've jumped the gun . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , no , thank you , but I am afraid I have to hurry home . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I am afraid I have come to the conclusion , reluctantly , that the different people and races of the world were never intended to meet . |
| 18 | I am afraid it has met with a cool response from our colleagues , and in view of this , I am sorry to say that we will not be taking up your offer to publish . |
| 19 | The British-born star said yesterday : ‘ I am afraid it has come back . |
| 20 | Well he was a bit mad Elsie you know that and I am afraid he has got worse now . |
| 21 | There are some who have raped virgin teenage girls in the darkness of an alley way , there are some who have taught their children the liturgy and practices of the church of the Seventh Day Adventists . |
| 22 | If there are some who have misunderstood the system amongst the trained group then this misunderstanding will spread and become difficult to eradicate . |
| 23 | There are some who have stolen from banks , there are some who have read poetry in Pushkin Square in Moscow . |
| 24 | There are some who have stolen from banks , there are some who have read poetry in Pushkin Square in Moscow . |
| 25 | In conclusion , there are some who have counselled Obair to accept government recognition of West Belfast 's unemployment problem graciously and not to rock the boat . |
| 26 | There are some who have raped virgin teenage girls in the darkness of an alley way , there are some who have taught their children the liturgy and practices of the church of the Seventh Day Adventists . |
| 27 | ‘ I am delighted he has agreed to the council 's request and sees the need for urgency , ’ he said . |
| 28 | ‘ Hello Joe , where are you going ? ’ would stop me every 50 yards ( unless you wear a turban they are convinced you have come from the US ) . |
| 29 | For an ugly moment I had been convinced she had guessed the real reason for my avid professional interest in Bill Francis . |
| 30 | If the circumstances are such you have to do it . |