Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] have [be] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the snow between Porretta and Bologna , where Nicholas had been called to the rescue , and Ansaldo her lover had died . |
| 2 | It was widely believed that Churchill had been converted to the European cause during the war , and that he had kept the flame of union alight . |
| 3 | It is quite true that Corbett has been applied to situations outside marriage , eg. , the alteration of birth certificates , unfair dismissal ( White v. |
| 4 | As soon as they knew that Bella had been assigned to her , the other two trainees cornered Marie in the canteen and briefed her on what to expect . |
| 5 | The final position , therefore , was that Wilfrid had been restored to York and had regained control of Ripon . |
| 6 | ‘ So Alexei has been referring to me as his uncle ? ’ |
| 7 | What he does n't seem to know is that Albie had been talking to Carmichael . |
| 8 | It was the first time that Ethel had been summoned to her form-mistress for any reason other than praise . |
| 9 | Gervase of Canterbury tells us that Edward objected especially to Henry 's renunciation of his rights to Normandy and to the infeudation of Gascony : although Edward had agreed to its terms by 25 July 1259 , he was to change his mind in 1260 and allege that Normandy had been sold to the French . |
| 10 | There was at an early stage evidence that D. had been subjected to violent injury . |
| 11 | She also knew that Bertie had been lying to her over ‘ discontinuing ’ the post . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , considering that Siban has been ordered to Kinsai , I think the Kha-Khan might be indicating a preference , do n't you ? ’ |
| 13 | We know that Monotypes had been introduced to R. & R. Clark 's , as early as 1901 or 1902 . |
| 14 | Puzzling — since it seemed that Yorke had been listening to information he 'd specifically asked for . |
| 15 | Although Jiang had been sentenced to death in 1981 for " counter-revolutionary crimes " [ see pp. 30833-36 ] , her sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 1983 [ see p. 32505 ] . |
| 16 | Following on from last month , It seems that GeoWorks has been talking to Casio and Tandy about putting its graphical front-end on hand-held computers , slated to compete with the so-far non-existent Apple Newton . |
| 17 | The counter-argument rests on the Bruges Group 's proposition that everything important is now decided in Brussels , and that Westminster has been reduced to the status of a rate-capped local authority . |
| 18 | It is very unlikely that Francis had been summoned to Rome : much more likely that he brought himself there seeing the opportunity of such a gathering . |
| 19 | About a year ago came the news that Cantona had been sold to Man Utd . |
| 20 | He confirmed that Major had been invited to South Africa and that the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Douglas Hurd would be visiting shortly . |
| 21 | Lafford is a prebend of Lincoln Cathedral , and Richard has been assumed to be also identifiable as Richard de Bello ( of Battle , probably Battle in Sussex ) who was prebendary of Lafford in 1277 and who was also treasurer of Lincoln Cathedral by October 1270 , until at least April 1278 . |
| 22 | Wise Speke analyst John Dean , says : ‘ Whessoe and Varec have been known to one another for some considerable time although given their emphasis on different geographical markets they have rarely found themselves in direct competition . ’ |
| 23 | The world has turned to places it regards as more important , and Afghanistan has been left to its civil war . |
| 24 | Talking of worthwhile investments , the new flats constructed by Norman and David have been put to good use this year and indeed Nor indeed Norman 's sets get better and better . |
| 25 | Croatia 's acceptance follows on from the recent announcement that the Baltic states of Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania has been reinstated to their former status as full members , a status that they enjoyed prior to the outbreak of the second world war . |
| 26 | Whereas Goneril and Regan had been shown to us first in disguise , and then in reality , Edmund begins in reality , and only adopts disguise when his father enters . |
| 27 | I believe the technological revolution would have been better served if Blackett had been appointed to a real job , rather than to an advisory one to Frank Cousins , who became Minister of Technology . |
| 28 | Walter , the youngest boy , had the most distant relationship with his father ; he and Robert had been sent to boarding school and had seen even less of John than their sisters . |
| 29 | Over the last decade new recruits to the game in America and Canada have been drawn to the international code and following the merger most tournaments will be played to its rules . |
| 30 | BECAUSE there is no ground available in the Bolton area , tomorrow 's Alder Cup under-14 tie between Bolton and Liverpool has been switched to the MYA Ground , Long Lane , Liverpool ( 10.30am ) . |