Example sentences of "have [be] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 You see I 've been entrusted with the task of getting him safely back to the Reich and I 've little more than three weeks to do it in . ’
2 I do n't think we would 've been standing outside the gates .
3 ‘ You had them all the time — you trailed me round — you bloody filthy lying bastard — you poked my head into every shit-bin in Bristol — you led me up hill and down dale till my feet were dropping off — you made me steal some people 's boat — I could 've been got by the police — I might be festering in jail now — handcuffed — criminal — you do n't care , you 're criminal anyway — I would n't be surprised if you 'd murdered half a dozen innocent people and cut them up and kept their pieces stashed away in the hole where you 've been hiding my bag and my things and my money and my dreams … ’
4 And there 's Master Tristram pretending he 's not listening to his father , who might 've been sitting in the Fowey stocks by now if it was n't for that same father 's efforts . "
5 When the dust settled yesterday Michael Knighton , a thwarted professional footballer who has been elected to the Manchester United board , spoke bitterly of the vilification he claims to have endured since moving in on the club and Martin Edwards , the chief executive .
6 Dr Keith Suter of Australia has been elected to the Club of Rome , the prestigious international group of some 100 leading scientists , educators , philosophers and activists from 35 countries .
7 Susan has been elected to the newly created Reserved Seat on the Executive Committee for Women , in Dublin .
8 Kate has been elected to the Executive Committee as one of the representatives of the Dublin District Committee .
9 Mrs M. Finnan , convenor of the Senior Citizens ' Lunch Club , has been elected to the Village Association Committee .
10 She has been elected to the editorial board of the Bulletin of the Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society , London .
11 Jim Wayman , a member of Sedgefield Town Council and Sedgefield District Council , has been elected to the National Local Government Committee of the Conservative Party .
12 Those who do not believe in delegation to committees argue that each of them has been elected by the public to watch their interests and therefore they should each have a voice in the decisions of every committee .
13 The new 160 bed hospital wing has been completed to the highest standards .
14 Training has been completed for the week , and the platoon which paraded for its Pass-Off today has now left the barracks for ten days ' leave prior to posting to various battalions in England , Ulster and around Europe .
15 In the Monadhliath project , fieldwork has been completed on the Glen Roy and Fortrose sheets , but continued in a further four sheet areas within the project .
16 Father , we are thankful for the work that has been completed on the church building and we rejoice at the skills and abilities that have made it possible .
17 Paragraph seven making it clear put that an initial assessment has already established er it has already passed the preliminary assessment stage er and that er the director is undertaking the data collection procedure so that the site can be properly assessed and I do drawn er Mr attention er to that I erm have taken the opportunity during the last adjournment Chairman to speak to Mr about the appropriateness of the wording of his er er amendment and I believe that he he may wish to er move something which is slightly different er which will certainly er we 'll deal with that er if he does move that but er it clearly is the intention of this report and of the committee that when the work has been completed on the assessment of traffic calming measure in Shalford and its priority established , that we would then bring er another report er to the highways and transportation committee in response to this petition er as as indeed is set out in paragraph ten B and if Mr wished that to be brought forward through to council then that will be done but I leave to him if he wish to move an amendment to make it quite clear , since er I must say this motion is rather bland .
18 The find will be the subject of an inquest , probably next year after all research and conservation on it has been completed at the British Museum .
19 The length of the progress line is then drawn to represent the percentage of the job that has been completed at the review date .
20 The length of the progress line is then drawn to represent the percentage of the job that has been completed at the review date .
21 A first assessment of the non-market benefits of woodlands has been completed by the Forestry Commission .
22 * All seal culling in South Africa has been halted pending the completion of research .
23 The trial of two people accused of the murder of a man described as a police informer has been halted on the orders of the judge .
24 The 1984 Grand Slam coach has been co-opted into the SRU committee to help to bring through new coaches for the future .
25 The ZIBF Bookshop , through which Zimbabwean book buyers are able to pay for imported books in local currency , is being expanded , and an application has been lodged with the authorities for a significantly increased foreign currency allocation .
26 An application to build Europe 's biggest wind farm has been lodged with the Department of Trade and Industry by TriGen Windpower , a joint venture by UK , US and Japanese companies .
27 An appeal has been lodged against the refusal of planning permission to convert buildings at the former Jesse Harold factory , Dale Road , Shildon , into flats and houses .
28 An official objection to National Grid Company plans for a high-voltage overhead line from Teesside to Shipton , near York , has been lodged by the department .
29 The other former college of education that was located in Bangor , St Mary 's College of Education , a church college , has been merged into the University College of North Wales .
30 Tea and spices have played their part in making this unforgotten paradise a priceless jewel which has been snatched by the Portuguese , Dutch , and finally the British .
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