Example sentences of "there have been [art] [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was crucial to the consistency of the work that it should not conclude : the narrator simply states that ‘ there has been no decision except that I 'm moving on ’ ( Wurlitzer 1969 : 161 ) . |
| 2 | A Customs and Excise spokesman said they can not tell if there has been an offence as they are not sure if an import licence was ever necessary . |
| 3 | There had been no man since Fernando and there never would be . |
| 4 | The Court of Appeal , on his appeal against his conviction for theft upon one count covering all three consignments , on the ground that the count was bad for duplicity in that there were three separate appropriations , held that there had been no appropriation until the last of the goods were loaded , or probably until the defendant deviated from the route to the proper destination . |
| 5 | But there had been no sign since Tiananmen Square that the Chinese had been in the least influenced by the disapproval of the West . |
| 6 | There had been no choice but to kill him again . |
| 7 | Though she did not know it , for Clare there had been no choice except between a swift or a lingering death . |
| 8 | It was at this point , while we were stumbling about , not really knowing what to say with so many other people present , that Eric suggested we should borrow a driver and jeep from the ASC — this boy was the biggest borrower of jeeps I had ever met — and set off for Fontanellato , where we could all be reunited : my parents , the Merlis , the Superiora and the suore at the hospital , and as many of the other people who had helped him as possible , including Dr Sambataro , of whom there had been no news since he joined the partisans . |
| 9 | There had been no acquittal since they were taking him back to the prison . |
| 10 | There had been no sound since the sound of his name . |
| 11 | When the telephone call had warned that Micky and Sissie had been arrested , there had been no option but to run . |
| 12 | One of the arguments for the defendants was that there had been no theft because the plaintiff had agreed to the transaction with the rogue and reliance was placed on Lord Roskill 's statement in Reg. v. Morris , at p. 332 , that appropriation |
| 13 | Parker told him that the State Department had asked Mexico , but there had been no reply as yet . |
| 14 | There had been a moon when they 'd first arrived , but the clouds had come while they were chopping wood , and the rain while they 'd cooked dinner on the two little primus stoves . |
| 15 | Instead , she said , there had been a problem when the council employed a contractor to lay a new waterproof surface on the top deck , to which NCP contributed half the cost . |
| 16 | Instead , she said , there had been a problem when the council employed a contractor to lay a new waterproof surface on the top deck , to which NCP contributed half the cost . |
| 17 | She was not going to answer but , yes , there had been a call when she was in the estate office waiting to direct a consignment of creosote to the saw mill , otherwise , being a Saturday , the office would have been shut . |
| 18 | Perhaps there had been a gust while he was over by the engine ? |
| 19 | The innocent words suddenly filled me with horror : there had been a time before I was born , a time when I had not existed , a time when I lacked individual consciousness — this last being the most horrifying notion . |
| 20 | They believed that there had been a stage when there was no individual property ; that is , when no ownership continued beyond the time of use . |
| 21 | Perhaps there had been a muddle because her birthday and her wedding date were so close together . |
| 22 | In the television shop , probably the one place at a pinch where there might have been a red light , Bryan Whitehead said there had been an occasion when Hawes became confused with females of dubious character . |
| 23 | ‘ I suspected there had been an intruder so I made Mrs. Bonnard wait in the car while I came in to check the place out . |
| 24 | There 's been a development since you were here earlier . |