Example sentences of "they have be [verb] [verb] [det] " in BNC.

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1 They had been warned to report any further attacks and obviously do n't want to take any chances .
2 Despite the fact that they had been trying to kill each other , against the creature they were united .
3 Although they had been told to counter this objection with the fact that this was a single instance or two of older machines and new machines could be serviced almost immediately , this did not altogether convince a potential customer and it was felt that many sales had been lost .
4 Only five minutes before the hearings began they had been allowed to read these for themselves , and in the words of one family friend , the Reverend Derek Edwards , ‘ they were devastating … ’
5 Some of the patients with a curve in excess of 100° were no longer able to sit because of the pelvic obliquity consequent on the scoliosis ; they were bedridden not because of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy itself but because they had been allowed to develop such extensive spinal curves before referral to an orthopaedic muscle clinic .
6 Mystics are certain that for brief periods they have been enabled to experience such perception and know themselves to be part of a meaningful whole — one with the way things ultimately are .
7 They have been helped to do this by the introduction of so-called ‘ call-off ’ contracts set up by Purchasing — which is part of AEA Estates — to enable them to place orders .
8 He claimed : ‘ It concerns us that they have been enticed to take this step . ’
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