Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] be [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first woman reported to have been burned at stake for having sex with the devil was a citizen of Toulouse , who met her fate in 1275 after apparently giving birth to a child with the head of a wolf and a tail like a snake . |
| 2 | The air seemed to have been cleared at last and evening surgery raised their spirits even more . |
| 3 | Sir Hector claimed that the £120,000 loss seemed to have been arrived at by applying the £2.25 HLCA reduction to most of the sheep flock . |
| 4 | , Richard ( fl. 1572–1596 ) , navigator and privateer , claimed to have been born at Buckhurst , Essex , but is generally referred to as ‘ of Weymouth ’ . |
| 5 | Initially , some progress appeared to have been made at the Jakarta meeting when Sihanouk and Hun Sen announced that they had finally agreed on a compromise formula on the issue of the SNC chair ( Sihanouk as chair , Hun Sen as vice-chair ) . |
| 6 | As the barge swept silently towards the docking bay , Rostov noted the clusters of scanners and other unidentifiable telemetry which appeared to have been attached at random to the hull . |
| 7 | And then , once we had met , all you had to do was arrive at my home , exclaiming , ‘ Surprise , surprise ! ’ and use your little lever to gain entry into my family . ’ |
| 8 | The 11 youngsters discussed the links between Cleveland , the De Brus family and its most famous member , Robert the Bruce , the Scottish king said to have been born at Skelton Castle . |
| 9 | Eamonn Dalton , Chief City Engineer , ‘ said it could be argued that the Ovens claim was not based on objective evidence in that the samples said to have been taken at the dump had been handled , transmitted and analysed in all cases presumably by people with a particular interest in one aspect of the case . |
| 10 | Jarrad 's directors produced a copy of a special resolution , said to have been passed at an egm held by Jarrad on 20 October 1980 , which gave Jarrad power to grant the security . |