Example sentences of "claimed [pron] have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One , Yvonne Morgan , said anglers on the riverbank were an invasion of her privacy and claimed she had been subjected to abuse and foul language . |
| 2 | She claimed she had been having a passionate affair with Mary Jo 's husband Joey , 36 . |
| 3 | A JUDGE was forced to scrap a lengthy criminal trial after a woman juror claimed she had been threatened with the sack . |
| 4 | VICAR 'S daughter Hannah Murray-Leslie was outraged by village gossips who claimed she had been booted out of a public school because of a frolic behind the bicycle shed . |
| 5 | PRINCESS Diana was at the centre of a mystery last night after a US paper claimed she had been recorded chatting to a man declaring his love for her . |
| 6 | Joan received permission and active encouragement to attempt what she claimed she had been sent to carry out . |
| 7 | A LEGAL secretary who claimed she had been unfairly dismissed from work during sick leave is considering appealing after losing her case . |
| 8 | He claimed she had been in severe financial difficulties at the time . |
| 9 | Tekere alleged that four of his supporters had been killed in Harare , and that others had been harassed ; he also claimed there had been administrative irregularities in the polling . |
| 10 | Mr Griffiths also claimed there had been interference by the DTI as far back as December , when it pre-empted the OFT by giving the bid the all-clear at an early stage in the proceedings . |
| 11 | Free People claimed they had been ‘ exploding the myth of the happy family ’ . |
| 12 | Nearly all interviewees claimed they had been forced to cut down on food and fuel and many reported ill health . |
| 13 | Mair interviewed a clutch of former BR executives who claimed they had been made redundant for pressing their inquiries too closely , and the understandably defensive chairman of British Rail 's Parcels Board , Gordon Pettitt , who admitted that things had gone wrong but could n't see what all the fuss was about . |
| 14 | Some of the African students taken into custody by the police claimed they had been beaten up . |
| 15 | Two Cameroonian journalists claimed they had been tortured at an army barracks and made to promise " not to write anything against President Biya " . |
| 16 | During the trial the court had heard from a succession of alleged victims , all now adults , who claimed they had been ill-treated by the Hanbys . |
| 17 | Dr McGarry claimed it had been in response to the earlier statement and he welcomed the decision . |
| 18 | He then stopped himself in mid-sentence and claimed he had been joking . |
| 19 | A coastguard claimed he had been ordered to look out for ‘ charred bodies ’ in the water . |
| 20 | Once there he held a much-publicised news conference during which he ridiculed American intelligence and claimed he had been held in captivity by the CIA . |
| 21 | He claimed he had been glue-sniffing which made him sexually aroused . |
| 22 | The eccentric Cantona jetted hastily back to France after being dropped from the side at QPR , although at the time the club claimed he had been given permission . |
| 23 | A doctor who examined the soldier who claimed he had been hit by the car said he found a bruise measuring 10cms on his left thigh . |
| 24 | But one prospective licensee contracted by Community Care claimed he had been offered just two days in which to train and meet possible purchasers of his service . |
| 25 | He maintained his innocence and claimed he had been willing to give his life for Castro but had never been a communist . |
| 26 | The man claimed he had been looking for his girlfriend when challenged by staff members . |
| 27 | The judge said that Alan Murray claimed he had been in the welfare section of the UVF but he said : ‘ Membership of any proscribed organisation is a most serious matter . ’ |
| 28 | He said the whip which Mr Jones claimed he had been beaten with was not bought until after Mr Jones had left the Roberts 's . |
| 29 | Slaven claimed he had been made the scapegoat and vowed to blast Boro to promotion given the chance . |
| 30 | Yesterday party leaders voiced their total opposition to violent acts and one SNP MP , Andrew Welsh , claimed he had been misquoted at a recent press conference when he apparently would not rule out sabotage . |