Example sentences of "to have [be] [vb pp] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It is very easy to get involved in discussing whether Olive ought to have been given some knowledge of French wines before George moved , or perhaps persuaded to move to the city along with him . |
2 | ‘ It 's nothing to do with whether I 'm good , whether I 'm lucky enough to have been given more talent than you , the rest of you … ’ |
3 | In March 1944 the U.852 was on patrol off the west coast of Africa : she was the fifth U-boat to have been given this area of patrol , the previous four , commanded by aces such as Wuppisch and Schultz , having all been sunk by aircraft . |
4 | They have always been a club with potential , and that potential appears to have been realised this season . |
5 | However , such a scheme would never wash with the public — who wants their water supplies to have been treated this way ? |
6 | The finding of the " goat " has caused particular excitement , since i is one of the few large mammals to have been discovered this century . |
7 | The " Big Book " of alcoholics Anonymous describes some unfortunate people as being " naturally incapable of grasping and developing a manner of living which demands rigorous honesty " and says that " they are not at fault ; they seem to have been born that way " . |
8 | The preceding sentence , " They are not at fault ; they " seem to have been born that way " is itself an honest acceptance that addictive disease is stronger in some people than in others and that the acceptance of defeat and the wish " to go to any lengths " to get into recovery is ultimately a personal decision for each sufferer and not something that can be imposed by anyone else . |
9 | Judicial reviews are also threatened in Oldham and the London Borough of Croydon , although an action in Cheshire appeared to have been resolved this week . |
10 | The 38 lenders are also thought to have been told that trading is worse than at any time since the current owner took over in the late 1980s . |
11 | It belonged to a huge and beautiful seal who said she just happened to have been drawn that way . |