Example sentences of "have [been] present at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strip examination revealed that this was the result of slight corrosion on the contacts , and the evidence suggested that this may well have been present at the time of the accident . |
| 2 | Having been present at the weekend of events held in the City Chambers , Edinburgh earlier this month to celebrate International Women 's Day , I was ‘ shocked and appalled ’ to see a letter from Alexandra Wallace ( 12 March ) on the content of the weekend . |
| 3 | I , too , wish to apologise to the House for not having been present at the start of this debate . |
| 4 | Although he was a member of the supreme council of the IRB , and is supposed to have been present at a meeting in September 1914 at which it was decided to stage a rebellion against British rule in Ireland , he played no role in planning the Easter rising of 1916 . |
| 5 | A retired postman who claimed to have been present at the Battle of Studley Constable was interviewed on television , and I still receive the occasional letter from Germans and Americans claiming that fathers or uncles had been at the ‘ battle ’ . |
| 6 | He himself claimed to have been present at the battle of the Boyne , as a private soldier in King William 's army ; later he deserted from the Royal Regiment of Dragoons ( Scots Greys ) when serving under the first Duke of Marlborough [ q.v. ] in Flanders . |
| 7 | In other words , scribes did not always either know or care exactly who had been present at a grant , and relied on extant lists of great men , doubtless sometimes copied from earlier charters . |
| 8 | It will be remembered that Mazarin , himself an Italian , had been present at a performance of Che soffre , speri . |
| 9 | Davies added that she had been present at a phone conversation in December when Doyle had assured one of the players that all $300,000 of the prizemoney was ‘ in the bank . ’ |
| 10 | In that mood she said she had been present at a lot of attacks that had occurred on Ward 4 . |
| 11 | She had been present at the incident involving Seb and Nahum the previous evening . |
| 12 | Luckily the second tags on the babies ' arms were correct and van driver Derek , who had been present at the birth , was positive Daniel was his baby . |
| 13 | There I had been present at the celebrations marking the Golden Jubilee of St Joseph 's College , Sasse , ( pronounced Sassay ) , where I used to teach . |
| 14 | A fulsomely congratulatory message to me from Reuters later in the day made me aware that no representative of my rival overseas agencies had been present at the Jeanes conference . |
| 15 | Much play was made of the fact that , since he had been present at the murder of John , duke of Burgundy , at Montereau he could not properly and worthily inherit the throne , from which he was now excluded . |
| 16 | Alfonso was rumoured to have said , ‘ If I had been present at the Creation , I would have given some useful hints for the better arrangement of the Universe . ’ |
| 17 | From then onwards , ‘ Fred T. Jane ’ became a recognized signature on bold black and white illustrations in a number of books and magazines ; so realistic was the picture in the Illustrated London News of the torpedoing of the ironclad Blanco Encalada in the Chilean revolutionary war of 1891 that a legend grew that Jane had been present at the action . |
| 18 | Within six days , on 3 May 1862 , the young boy died , Benjamin declaring as he applied for a certificate that he had been present at the death . |