Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [pron] have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since those days I have sometimes wished that I had been able to record on tape the conversations I had with Gilbert Harding , who was an intellectual . |
| 2 | Two off-duty prison officers who were also in the minibus were beaten up and then released , but three others who escaped claimed that they had been unable to get help from a nearby police and Army checkpoint . |
| 3 | As we have heard , it has been claimed that there has been widespread hardship among students this summer . |
| 4 | The letter was brief , and couched in the most guarded terms ; it reported a half-yearly profit to the end of December , but also added that there had been some deterioration in the product and requested a fresh consignment , preferably of foreign origin . |
| 5 | Therefore in borderline cases the prosecution might have to rely on the severity of injury and damage , or the noise of the accident , to help prove to the court beyond all reasonable doubt that the driver must have realised that he had been involved in an accident . |
| 6 | Jan was briskly maternal , having decided that I had been Wronged . |
| 7 | Not only was he being fearfully indiscreet , but it was said that he had been foolish enough actually to marry her and to install her in a cottage in the palace grounds . |
| 8 | And I hope that members appreciate as I say , the range and scale of work , which is that , you will also have seen that they 've been able to open now one evening a week , and for a very small service with a budget of about three hundred and fifty thousand pounds , erm they are doing sterling work . |
| 9 | Surely she 'd have noticed if there had been any other forced entry . |
| 10 | You see , I did n't dare make a scene as I should have done if I 'd been married . |
| 11 | Tell me , ’ she added , determined to put things straight between them , ‘ purely as a matter of interest , what would you have done if I had been pregnant ? ’ |
| 12 | I do n't know what I 'd have done if you 'd been any later — the girls are getting terribly impatient . ’ |
| 13 | I 'd have said if he 'd been dead but Kevin 's mum said he was on the danger list . " |
| 14 | You have to consider things very carefully , and quite often you end up making decisions that you might not have made if you 'd been alone . ’ |
| 15 | Many keen to set up in business will also be hampered because they have been unable to build up capital . |
| 16 | Some " disappeared " prisoners are transferred because there has been much publicity about their capture , but this is by no means always the case . |
| 17 | Sometimes they had speculated on how she would develop but not often : mostly she was taken for granted because she had been such a quiet child , sitting dozily in her pram outside the Dog and Duck while the sun went down . |
| 18 | He saw his reflection in the mirror as he was adjusting his collar ; not only had his side-whiskers grown while he had been ill , there was also a growth of beard on his chin . |
| 19 | On the one hand , you wanted to play down the sleaze factor , not let it be thought that you 'd been involved with hundreds of men , that you slept with just anyone . |
| 20 | It is thought that there has been some element of a share dealing ring in the Dunsdale case . |
| 21 | She did not need to be told that they had been happy here , the three of them . |
| 22 | I am told that there have been further incidents since the system reopened but so far nobody has come along with any details . |
| 23 | But the discharge may be refused or postponed if he has been guilty of certain offences or misconduct in connection with the bankruptcy , or if his assets are insufficient for the payment of 50p in the £ , unless this is shown not to be due to the debtor 's fault . |
| 24 | The shipyards , the traditional industry , had closed and there had been widespread unemployment . |
| 25 | A major installation of Beuys , ‘ Arena ( where I would have got if I had been intelligent ) ’ , created in 1970–72 ( see The Art Newspaper No.16 , March 1992 , p.6 ) , remains on exhibition at the Dia Center for the Arts until mid-April , while the MoMA exhibition travels to the Museum of Contemporary Art , Los Angeles ( 30 May-15 August ) , the Philadelphia Museum of Art ( 10 October-2 January 1994 ) and the Art Institute of Chicago ( 15 February-25 April 1994 ) . |
| 26 | There are passages where Beethoven makes problems that perhaps he would have avoided if he had been able to hear . |
| 27 | Two kids I 'd got when I 'd been married as long as Hatton . |
| 28 | I apologise for any offence given but there has been another death , though one which may resolve the mysteries which have plagued us . ’ |
| 29 | It is understood that there have been further changes to the company 's management structure : ‘ Alexon is undergoing a review of its management and cost of structure , ’ says a company spokesman . |
| 30 | At our last Directorate it was noted that there had been further difficulties with unauthorised visitors and it was agreed that there was a need for additional security between the entrance foyer and offices . |