Example sentences of "[vb base] that [pron] have been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some return to the surface with scars on their snouts which suggest that they have been battling with creatures possessing suckers 13 centimetres across , and squid beaks even bigger than that of the Norwegian giant have been found in their stomachs . |
| 2 | The embarrassing thing is that we 're all very right people so the place is a mess , er , and it takes us a quarter of a day before we realise that we 've been burgled , because things are actually slightly neater than when we left the previous day . |
| 3 | The auctioneers say that they have been assured that a licence will be forthcoming . |
| 4 | L M Ericsson Telefon AB and Italtel SpA say that they have been awarded a contract by Stet-Hellas SA , one of Greece 's two mobile telephone operators , for Groupe Speciale Mobile digital cellular phone equipment worth $62.5m : the order includes exchanges , control systems , and radio base stations . |
| 5 | I would have to go to my constituency and say that I had been outbid by Tory Ministers , and that after complaining for all these years about their accruing power to themselves I had found that I had been wrong all the time . |
| 6 | They acknowledge that it has been sparked by the slide in the pound , but say that the financial markets do not think sterling will ever recover all of its value against the deutschmark or the franc . |
| 7 | The victims of Stealers forget that they 've been infected . |
| 8 | Then I forget that I 've been joking with her then she tells me off so I do n't bother any more . |
| 9 | I trust that you have been reading my peerless prose this lovely morning . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ The figures mean that someone has been defrauding the company and it was n't Craig Grenfell because if you look at the dates you 'll see that the fiddling went on even when Craig was in prison . ’ |
| 11 | Tourism has declined during the recession and numerous small businesses protest that they have been hit hard by the uniform business rate . |
| 12 | The statistics for ’ dangerous occurrences ’ show that they have been increasing during the past few years — so there is no ground for complacency . |
| 13 | I sincerely hope that it has been picked up by accident and that I will be re-united with it soon , as I find it hard to believe that such an incident could lead to its deliberate theft . |
| 14 | When children imagine that they have been adopted , the fantasy always involves some romantic idea like being a princess and not the daughter of the local estate agent or whatever the truth may be ! |
| 15 | ( Le Carré , 1989:17–18 ) Imagine that you have been asked to translate Le Carré 's novel into your target language . |
| 16 | Imagine that you have been asked to translate the above extract for inclusion in a review of the book , to be published in one of the leading newspapers in your country . |
| 17 | Looking at it another way , imagine that you have been asked to make a bookcase in a craft lesson . |
| 18 | Imagine that you have been studying for 20 years for a qualification that will change your life , or waiting the same length of time to hear about a job you have applied for , the only job you have ever really wanted . |
| 19 | Imagine that someone has been killed in an industrial accident . |
| 20 | I consider that nothing has been laid before your Lordships to justify the view that their advice based on this objection was incorrect . |
| 21 | Therefore , check cavity-filled walls carefully for damp patches anywhere , and ensure that they have been sealed effectively at the eaves to prevent any fumes escaping into the roof space . |
| 22 | Students often complain that nothing has been learned from a particular allocation . |
| 23 | In order to demonstrate the accountability for policies there is a need to develop quantitative measures that demonstrate that they have been carried out efficiently and effectively . |
| 24 | Sometimes we feel we have been deeply asleep and at others we recall that we have been dreaming . |
| 25 | ‘ No , thank you , miss — I like to do the job myself , and then I know that nothing has been left out . ’ |
| 26 | Our next priority like er , Labour says like a the different degrees is er the primary schools er many of which as we all know that we 've been struggling and to cope with inadequate budgets . |
| 27 | Moreover , while they do show that official statistics tend to underestimate the amount of crime , it is likely that victim studies also under-record the amount — mostly because people can only report having been victims of crime if they know that they have been victimised . |
| 28 | I am sure that , subject to Mr. Speaker 's ruling , it will be in order to discuss these matters — I know that they have been raised in previous autumn statement debates . |
| 29 | But , oh he 's quite happy , he 'll curl up in the back of a car , but when I come home and he goes so berserk if I 've left him at home , I know that he 's been watching and listening and waiting for me all that time . |
| 30 | Right , I just thought the Chair would like to thank Councillor for the immense amount of work I know that he 's been putting in over certain things that have been going on lately and I now take councillors ' questions if any of you got any for me . |