Example sentences of "she was [verb] have been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to an oral tradition first set down thirty years after her death by Samuel Peckover , a prominent local Quaker , she was said to have been born in Paris , the daughter of James , Duke of York , then in exile , and an unnamed maid of honour to Queen Henrietta Maria , and to have lived at the English court from the Restoration to 1688 without , apparently , any contemporary ever noticing her . |
| 2 | She was said to have been suffering from depression and her death was ascribed to suicide . |
| 3 | In February 1992 she was reported to have been sentenced to 5 years ' imprisonment . |
| 4 | In this connection , she was reported to have been co-opted to the Judicial Studies Board . |
| 5 | At one time for example she was reported to have been racing around Melbourne in a brand new pink sports car . |