Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We agree that the specific algorithm we used wold have been inappropriate if we were interested in examining seasonal or short-term changes in primary production , not because the algorithm does not include a grazing term but because it does not include terms for irradiance and quantum efficiency . |
| 2 | While shopkeepers in Skinnergate admitted deliveries had been difficult with drivers turning back , most supported the idea of traffic-free streets . |
| 3 | It is evident from the comments made by the nouveaux romanciers that they considered themselves to be developing and integrating the formal experiments of writers drawn from a carefully selected modernist canon , suggesting that they judged modernism to have been incomplete in the French novel before their arrival . |
| 4 | The coroner was told that blood alcohol tests after the accident showed Richard had been one and a half times over the legal drink drive limit . |
| 5 | The recent ancestors of those who ruled Britain had been innovative , adventurous , intelligent , sometimes radical , always thrusting . |
| 6 | She knew Adolf had been worried . |
| 7 | Foreign diplomats said the lack of a further reshuffle after a meeting of the central advisory commission meant Deng had been unable to persuade other party elders to retire to smooth the transfer of power to his heir . |
| 8 | But even those unhappy with the pictures felt Fergie had been foolish . |
| 9 | Malcolm said Loughborough had been innovative and show modern thinking in its approach to selling and business development . |
| 10 | A close school friend , Paula Bolwell , 19 , said Sarah had been unhappy when she had visited her at college . |
| 11 | He said hoteliers had been shocked at the speed with which the flood struck . |
| 12 | Kelly said Blissett had been involved in an ordinary aerial challenge , the kind he can see 200 times in four games a week . |
| 13 | Those using the motorway just before the accident said traffic had been heavy , with holidaymakers adding to the normal load . |
| 14 | Tim Roberts , prosecuting , said Summersgill had been involved in burglaries at a butcher 's , a shop and a show house . |
| 15 | He said Fawcett had been smoking cannabis at the time of the offence . |
| 16 | Chief Superintendent Ken Mackay , in charge of the operation , said police had been aware of the large number of City supporters planning to arrive from Friday . |
| 17 | He said Thompson had been involved in a traffic accident in which he had suffered a head injury and been concussed for a short time . |
| 18 | But his solicitor Geoff Cardwell said Thompson had been worried about a man who had been carrying out some work for his ex-wife . |
| 19 | Cheltenham MP Nigel Jones said Gloucestershire had been underfunded compared to others , but he failed in his bid and earned a rebuke for taking up too much time . |
| 20 | The Viewpoint 93 documentary shows how the Allied powers which liberated Kuwait have been reluctant to help the Shias . |
| 21 | She had no use for it but suspected Rosie had been alarmed . |