Example sentences of "[to-vb] that [noun prp] have been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people have been surprised and relieved to discover that HIV has been suspected by friends and relatives who have been anxious to help , yet afraid to ask . |
| 2 | He went instead to the City Press office , only to find that Catherine had been sent home . |
| 3 | We were not very happy to find that Hillsborough had been chosen and even less so when we were allocated the Leppings Lane End . |
| 4 | Rumours began to circulate that Banzai had been conquered . |
| 5 | And although Whigs under Anne liked to claim that James had been deposed for breaking his original contract with the people , they found it a credible way of embarrassing their political opponents to argue that it was the Tories who had been responsible for James 's downfall . |
| 6 | While there is no conclusive evidence to suggest that Syria has been attempting to develop nuclear devices , it continues to purchase large quantities of heavy weapons and missiles from China and has illegally proscribed certain areas in Syria from IAEA inspection . |
| 7 | I was very distressed to hear that Joseph had been forced to flee to Guinea after his friend and later his mother were killed by the rebels . |
| 8 | Top and Elton John lookalike pulls the crowds on the Omnibus stand ; centre Polygon 's editorial director Marion Sinclair left and publicist Kathryn Maclean were delighted to hear that Polygon had been named the 1993 Sunday Times Small Publisher of the Year . |
| 9 | Well , lately I 've begun to understand that God has been punishing me for my pride and my past wickedness . |
| 10 | Simone had written to her shortly after her engagement had been announced to congratulate her , not omitting to mention that André had been shattered . |
| 11 | The sensible thing would have been to say that Crabb had been diving in the area to test out equipment and had got into difficulties , surfaced near the Russian ships and then drowned . |
| 12 | An hour later the newspaper 's deputy editor received an anonymous call to say that Remy had been abducted by Ngune 's men . |
| 13 | She must have misunderstood Tracey last night when he rang to say that Sykes had been taken away . |
| 14 | Liza had written some weeks ago to say that John had been sent , at only a few hours ' notice , on a course . |
| 15 | The PRD , whose supporters proclaimed their candidate Cristóbal Arias as the rightful new state governor , produced copies of every PRD ballot paper in an attempt to prove that Arias had been cheated of victory by the PRI in the July 12 state elections in Michoacán , home state of the PRD 's founder , Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano [ see pp. 39000-01 ] . |