Example sentences of "[verb] have been [verb] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our Washington correspondent Nick Peters has been telling Richard Dalling about the likely issues up for discussion . |
| 2 | In two separate instances , at least four persons were reported to have been killed Peshawar and Karachi after being hit by stray bullets as a result of aerial firing by trigger happy individuals . |
| 3 | Following her husband 's death , she is said to have been given Weston Hall as a Valentine present by her father [ Sitwell , 5 ] . |
| 4 | Preston might have preferred to have been called Blackpool , all things considered . |
| 5 | Dickerson and Lee seem to have been saving Malcolm X up for years ; they were buddies at film school . |
| 6 | Dostoevsky 's main offence seems to have been reading Belinskii 's " Letter to Gogol " . |
| 7 | For all the talk of Forest missing Des Walker , Cloughie 's big blunder seems to have been selling Teddy Sheringham to Spurs without first finding a suitable replacement . |
| 8 | What is more , Gavel 's largest shareholder , investment group Stratagem with 31 p.c. , is still refusing to sell out and is rumoured to have been buying Gavel 's convertible shares in an attempt to block any capital reconstruction . |
| 9 | When eventually they saw Dunbar , he was hardly forthcoming , being especially suspicious of Ramsay , whom he had heard had been visiting Dunbar Castle , and wanting to know why . |