Example sentences of "[noun] and have [be] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | … his wretched father , who had each year sunk lower and lower in the underworld , had been a gentleman once , a man who had been familiar with good manners and had been educated in the customs of good breeding . |
| 2 | Bargains are available provided you can be sure that the animals come from good stock and have been kept in good condition . |
| 3 | As a result far too many people emerge from their doctor , lawyer or bank manager feeling that they have not had a fair deal and have been treated as children rather than as adults who know their own mind . |
| 4 | She had long shapely legs and had been known in Moscow by her nickname , ‘ The Smooch ’ . |
| 5 | Acarbose is a pseudotetrascaccharide and has been used in clinical trials with insulin dependent and non-insulin dependent diabetes to control hyperglycaemia , improve the diabetic metabolic condition , and , if possible , to reduce the insulin requirements . |
| 6 | The opposition National Front for the Salvation of Libya stated that several of those promoted had taken part in purges of dissidents and had been expelled from European countries . |
| 7 | His father , also named Rudolf Slansky , had been general secretary of the CPCz and had been executed in 1952 after a show trial at which he was accused of being an agent of imperialism . |
| 8 | Franco 's failure to assist them undoubtedly contributed to that result and had been calculated in political rather than exclusively military terms . |
| 9 | Tim , from Great Sankey , was a dedicated fan of the club and had been shopping for an Everton strip on the day of the Bridge Street bombing . |
| 10 | After the shooting , the IRA had acknowledged that all three men were members of its mid-Ulster brigade and had been killed on ‘ active service ’ . |
| 11 | Hersh 's book attracted libel suits in the UK over its claims that the UK newspaper proprietor Robert Maxwell had close links with the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad and that he , together with a member of his Daily Mirror newspaper staff , had helped Mossad to track down Mordechai Vanunu , a nuclear technician who leaked details of Israel 's nuclear programme and had been imprisoned in Israel since 1986 [ see p. 35922 ] . |
| 12 | Proliferative abnormalities in normal looking colorectal mucosa are believed to represent an early phase of colorectal carcinogenesis and have been found in a number of conditions associated with a high risk for these malignancies . |
| 13 | This apparently backward causality , if true , would cause problems for identity theories of mind and has been used by dualists like John Eccles to support their position , with the backward step in time made by a non-physical mind . |
| 14 | Obsession Fatale , E8 6c , is the complete ascent of the slab left of Piece Of Mind and has been claimed by Julian Lines . |
| 15 | Because he had already lost some weight and had been found to be anaemic the dietician was consulted to ensure that he received adequate nourishment . |
| 16 | The Roller , however , had developed some fault and had been left in the hands of the Grand Hotel 's garage mechanic . |
| 17 | They had already become British subjects and had been trading in corn from the United States of America and morocco to Madeira . |
| 18 | G. affinis is a small ( 4.6 cm long ) , surface-feeding minnow which originated in the United States and has been used for many years in many parts of the world to control mosquito larvae . |
| 19 | It was covered in weeping pustules and had been isolated from the group . |
| 20 | Los Angeles has been particularly attractive as a case study and has been outlined by Cooke ( 1977 ) and used by Whittow ( 1980 ) as an environment which experiences an accumulation of hazards . |
| 21 | The paradigm which is described originates from doctoral research into generic probation practice and has been presented in a book Adult Probation and Juvenile Supervision : Beyond the Care-Control Dilemma ( 1989 , Gower ) . |
| 22 | Gava had been criticized over his failure to deal with organized crime and had been accused by the Communist Party ( PCI ) of links with the Camorra , the Neapolitan branch of the Mafia . |
| 23 | Van in those days was remote from Constantinople and had been visited by few Europeans . |
| 24 | The dictum of Byles J. in Cooper v. Wandsworth Board of Works , 14 C.B.N.S. 180 , 194 , is clear to this effect and has been followed in many subsequent cases . |
| 25 | The bodies of 10 men and a woman had been found by a roadside with their hands ties behind their backs ; they bore signs of torture and had been shot in the head , a hallmark of right-wing paramilitary groups whose members included military personnel . |
| 26 | He received his certificate which stated : ‘ These are to Certify that Mr Edmund Bond has attended the Veterinary College as a resident pupil for 18 months and having been examined by us , we consider him as qualified to practise the Veterinary Art ’ . |
| 27 | Derek says … they 've broken a few boats in testing … they 've been building prototypes for the last six months and have been putting in hours at sea to make sure everything is right |
| 28 | The main carp lake was dredged in October but is now ready for fishing and has been stocked with fish to 36lb . |
| 29 | This had a separate entrance and had been used for many purposes — the storage of deeds by the Wilts and Dorset Bank , prior to this by Mr. Peru , a solicitor , but when I was a small boy it had been leased to The Haunch of Venison Inn as a wine store and bottling plant . |
| 30 | It was given to the Echo and has been donated to Scousers Down Under as their mascot . |