Example sentences of "[adv] [noun prp] have be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prospects would have been even brighter if only Russia had been blessed with a less benighted tsar . |
| 2 | But so far only Brodsworth has been taken in this way and the signs are that English Heritage , which is under severe financial pressure , is not likely to take on many , if any , further houses . |
| 3 | Hitherto Theodoric had been regarded by the emperor as the senior figure in the barbarian west : now Clovis was to supplant him . |
| 4 | So America has been pushed towards action , but not the sort that Europe wants . |
| 5 | Perhaps Harriet had been roused by Pringle 's stentorian cry . |
| 6 | Thus BT has been provided with competition in part of the market , although the bulk of its services still face no competition . |
| 7 | Anyway Ricky had been buttonholed outside the church by the gay Vicar and scores of eager ladies . |
| 8 | The Smith family are everywhere , of course , so it is no surprise that over the years more Smiths have been dismissed by Smiths in Test cricket than any other self-destructing name . |
| 9 | A SECOND 3D seismic survey covering offshore Vietnam has been completed by XFI . |
| 10 | Both Germanys have been run in the name of the people — the GDR as a ‘ socialist democracy ’ , governed by the dictatorship of the proletariat , and the Federal Republic on the stated principle that ‘ all authority emanates from the people ’ . |
| 11 | In January 1326 Isabella wrote to Bishop Stratford , now back in England , indicating that she would not return until both Despensers had been banished from court . |
| 12 | The Goldsmith plan to break up BAT has been overtaken by BAT 's decision to do the job itself . |
| 13 | Now Tendulkar has been replaced by West Indies ’ skipper Richie Richardson ( above ) |
| 14 | Today , Abul Ismail had stayed at her side , and now Nicholas had been banished from the sickroom . |
| 15 | But now EMI has been accused of exploiting its workforce — in particular , by deliberately sacking casual staff before they 've worked there for two years , thereby depriving them of statutory redundancy pay and other employment rights . |
| 16 | ‘ We were , but now Felipe has been captured by the Rainford woman . |
| 17 | Mrs Meikle said just two days ago Graham had been seen in a local pub . |
| 18 | Carry On Columbus has been made by the original Carry On creators , executive producer Peter Rogers and director Gerald Thomas . |
| 19 | I believe what the Newcastle local authority tells me , because I know only too well how Gateshead has been affected by Government cuts which the local authority has been forced to implement . |
| 20 | M. Grimaud told her how Nîmes had been settled by the veterans of Octavius 's victory over Antony and Cleopatra , whose names , Antonin , Numa , Flavien , Adrien , persisted , even today , as did the emblem of the defeat of the serpent of old Nile , the Nîmes chained crocodile . |
| 21 | This paper tells how AEA has been transformed from its early mission-orientated governmental role to being a commercially motivated , competitive , customer-driven enterprise — and one of the leading scientific and engineering services businesses in the world . |
| 22 | Two runs earlier Sidhu had been dropped by Reiffel in the gully off McDermott : it was the 29th chance dropped by the home side in the series , nine of them off McDermott . |
| 23 | Recalling how Meh'Lindi had been violated on that other occasion , Jaq feared for her sanity once her psychic hood was removed . |
| 24 | Since then Shepherd has been employed as a freelance consultant and organiser of special events , particularly sponsored runs which have raised thousands of pounds for the BDA . |
| 25 | Then Nicu had been sent to the country 's second city , Sibiu , as leader of its Communist Party and de facto head of the local administration . |
| 26 | A generation earlier Naevius had been silenced after a conflict with the aristocratic Metelli . |
| 27 | LIBYA International piracy Alexander Cockburn on how Libya has been hijacked in an attempt to get George Bush re-elected |
| 28 | In Wiltshire , where Bromham had been held of Battle abbey , Baynton profited enormously from the dissolution . |
| 29 | Something of the flavour appears in a cryptic note sent from North to Rafsanjani late in 1986 , when Ghorbanifar had been dropped from the equation and replaced by a more promising-seeming young Iranian official , the ‘ Second Channel ’ . |
| 30 | The example of Theravada Buddhism is the most important because it has explicitly taught that there is no Creator God , yet Buddha has been turned into a father-like figure in popular devotion against the best intentions of the monks . |