Example sentences of "[pers pn] have be [adj] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There I had been present at the celebrations marking the Golden Jubilee of St Joseph 's College , Sasse , ( pronounced Sassay ) , where I used to teach . |
| 2 | Alfonso was rumoured to have said , ‘ If I had been present at the Creation , I would have given some useful hints for the better arrangement of the Universe . ’ |
| 3 | It says I 've been good at the doctor today . |
| 4 | I 've been interested at the strength of comments made to be on similar lines by people I thought out-and-out-royalists . |
| 5 | ‘ I have been alarmed at the easy way the Labour Party has in recent years allowed certain factions in society to dictate to them the philosophical approach they should be following . |
| 6 | In my experience as an inspector I have been surprised at the frequency with which there are no or inadequate schemes of work within secondary school departments , with the effect that there is either repetition between the years , or gaps and discontinuities . |
| 7 | In the past few years I have been amazed at the transformation of the zoo , to a very modern , progressive and caring institution . |
| 8 | But she admitted she has been thrilled at the response the records bring and the millions of fan letters she has been sent over the years . |
| 9 | ‘ They asked about Joanna , and because I did n't know what was going on I said she had been due at the Leisure Centre at 7pm to take her class . |
| 10 | She had been strange at the funeral , and even stranger in the two years that had passed . |
| 11 | She had been present at the incident involving Seb and Nahum the previous evening . |
| 12 | Muriel held the broad shoulders and was surprised at the strangeness of the proximity , just as she had been surprised at the sight of Delia 's loosened hair some weeks before . |
| 13 | She had been unsurprised at the marriage since she had rather liked Elizabeth , but equally unsurprised when it ended . |
| 14 | She admitted that she had been thrilled at the idea of being alone with him , but all he was going to do was be stiffly silent . |
| 15 | She had been horrified at the botch Ruth made of it and Ruth had begun to wish that she had taken a few of Hester 's proffered lessons . |
| 16 | The source added : ‘ We have been surprised at the level of interest from the banks . ’ |
| 17 | He 'd been stuck at the site for four days with Vic Saunders and Dick Renshaw , mostly without food . |
| 18 | It had been deepest at the moment just inside the Bleech-Palmer front door when , as always , Daphne set her plump hands on Cecilia 's shoulders and lifted her lips to Cecilia 's cheek . |
| 19 | It had been enjoyable at the time , but after it was over it had left a disagreeable taste in the mouth . |
| 20 | Within six days , on 3 May 1862 , the young boy died , Benjamin declaring as he applied for a certificate that he had been present at the death . |
| 21 | Much play was made of the fact that , since he had been present at the murder of John , duke of Burgundy , at Montereau he could not properly and worthily inherit the throne , from which he was now excluded . |
| 22 | He had been sceptical at the time , but she 'd been quite right , for he had suddenly understood the story . |
| 23 | He had been surprised at the speed of Grant 's reaction and had received a painful , though superficial flesh wound in his left thigh from the knife thrust . |
| 24 | I hear it 's been bad at the Front . ’ |