Example sentences of "[pron] have been [verb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although police believe the schoolgirl was almost certainly murdered , her body was never found and no-one has been prosecuted in connection with the case . |
| 2 | Although police believe Moira was almost certainly murdered , her body was never found and no-one has been prosecuted in connection with the case . |
| 3 | ‘ If I 'd been trained in mind-reading rather than riot control , Dexter , I 'd tell you . ’ |
| 4 | i found myself in the same place where I 'd been wounded in Easter , 1917 . |
| 5 | Long after I 'd been smothered in bed |
| 6 | I think I must have been gradually going off into a faint when I suddenly thought of mother reading the telegram saying that I had been killed in action . |
| 7 | I had been dealing in coke to a very small circle of friends , not more than half a dozen . |
| 8 | I had been humiliated in front of my public . |
| 9 | I must say , something about this small encounter had put me in very good spirits ; the simple kindness I had been thanked for , and the simple kindness I had been offered in return , caused me somehow to feel exceedingly uplifted about the whole enterprise facing me over these coming days . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been living in fear , undermined over the past few weeks , ’ he moaned . |
| 11 | But mostly I 've been working in television . ’ |
| 12 | And so I 've tried to open it up er rather wider and w what I 've I 've I 've been put in touch with a a thing called the independent schools , design and technology association , which covers design and technology studies in all independent schools . |
| 13 | Without knowing it I have been living in poverty for the past 14 years . |
| 14 | The Ballet Club paid a second visit to Johannesburg in July 1944 , and John wrote to Hanns , exclaiming jubilantly that ‘ We arranged for me to have meals at the Carlton , so I have been dining in style this week ! ’ |
| 15 | Erm I 'd like to refer to my page three or er section four in my conclusions because I think if I if I heard Professor Lock correctly I think he and I are at one in in a suggestion which is is put to you in in if you like without prejudice to the generality of what I have been saying in support of the council 's policy . |
| 16 | Moira 's body was never found and nobody has been prosecuted in connection with the case but police believe the schoolgirl was almost certainly murdered . |
| 17 | It is a love which has been kept in ignorance : have n't women been kept uninformed for long enough ? |
| 18 | It is the ability of the proposed applicants to manage the trusts which has been borne in mind among the criteria that I have had to consider . |
| 19 | The Halifax Building Society has also produced a booklet called Home Help for Widows , which has been compiled in conjunction with the National Association for Widows and gives practical advice on property matters . |
| 20 | Perhaps emphasis at this level has been upon soil evolution rather than upon soil dynamics , which has been treated in relation to land capability . |
| 21 | French trappers adopted this name , translating it to Nez Percés , which has been corrupted in English to their modern name of Nez Perces , or simply Nez Perce . |
| 22 | Stir the sauce into freshly cooked pasta which has been tossed in butter . |
| 23 | A very good example of a complex form is provided by the cuspate foreland of Dungeness ( Plate 31 ) , which has been studied in detail by Lewis ( 1932 ) , whose ideas on its formation are indicated in Fig. 8.31 . |
| 24 | Ingenuity can sometimes suggest ambiguity or obscurity where none exists in fact , and if the instant case were to be thought to justify the exercise of combing through reports of Parliamentary proceedings in the hope of unearthing some perhaps incautious expression of opinion in support of an improbable secondary meaning , the relaxation of the rule might indeed lead to the fruitless expense and labour which has been prayed in aid in the past as one of the reasons justifying its maintenance . |
| 25 | Lord Oliver of Aylmerton commented that ‘ ingenuity can sometimes suggest ambiguity or obscurity where none exists in fact , and if the instant case were to be thought to justify the exercise of combing through reports of parliamentary proceedings in the hope of unearthing some perhaps incautious expression of opinion in support of an improbable secondary meaning , the relaxation of the rule might indeed lead to the fruitless expense and labour which has been prayed in aid in the past as one of the reasons justifying its maintenance ’ . |
| 26 | A drill which has been expanded in order to give the student time to respond to a stimulus , and which is the kind of drill used in a taped programme in a language laboratory . |
| 27 | If that sounds a rather patronizing remark one can certainly detect real admiration in a later entry , which has been noted in Chapter 2 , ‘ afternoon dined with Mr. and Mrs. Harden , musicly Mr. & Mrs. Harden and Mrs. Shannon exquisite pianoforte by both ladies — Mrs. Harden in the upper octave quite excellent ’ , ( 16 Feb. 1807 ) . |
| 28 | One assertion which has been made in support of student loans is that a student should be prepared to take a loan in respect of his or her enhanced earning capacity as a graduate . |
| 29 | They may be laid to rest by ringing a bell which has been blessed in church when they are sighted , then burying the bell in one stretch of water and the clapper in another . |
| 30 | The question which has been asked in rugby union and rugby league circles ad nauseam since the World Cup is whether Ofahengaue will make the switch and play league with Sydney 's famous St. George club . |