Example sentences of "have [pron] [be] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A training centre which specialises in courses on drilling and production technology for the oil industry has itself been learning a few lessons over the past 12 months . |
| 2 | It was also the home of the Brooklands Automobile Racing Club whose motto , ‘ The right crowd and no crowding ’ , neatly summed up its attitude — not for nothing has it been called the Ascot of the motor racing world . |
| 3 | Televised violence , however , not only teaches new and unique ways of expressing aggression but also has what is called a disinhibitory effect on aggression in general . |
| 4 | You will not need to take as many steps to conceal this as you would have had you been writing the blueprint book . |
| 5 | Sebastian refused to be quashed , then found that as he did n't have what was called a proper income he had problems in obtaining a mortgage . |
| 6 | Even more revealing , had I been asking the questions now ( the year of the miners ' strike ) , would have been the reaction to this one , suggested by Griffiths and Howson . |
| 7 | Well it 's not an immediate problem , it just occurred to it 'd be nice to have you know I 've I 'm writing a list of the recordings as they come in and where they 've come from . |
| 8 | No it 's alright I 've I 'm keeping an eye on that out there . |
| 9 | After Hackman 's departure , Dustin felt even more insecure , remembering that he had himself been fired a few times for not satisfying the director . |
| 10 | On 10 May 1794 , Huntingford wrote to the Speaker of the House of Commons ( who had himself been elected a vice-president of the College ) as follows : ‘ Honble Sir , I should not have taken the liberty of troubling you on the subject of the Veterinary College did not the recent business of Wm Stone who stands charged with High Treason prove the cause of his exerting himself to my prejudice in favor of M Vial the late Professor , to be that he might establish a French Connection in that Institution in order that he might through the channel carry on his correspondence with the enemy . |
| 11 | Jacob was still not the daughter she had set her heart on , but even though he was a male child he was , at least , physically recognisable as her offspring , and as he grew up he displayed artistic tendencies of a kind which she was sure could have flowered in her had she been given the chance . |
| 12 | He paused , then added dispassionately , ‘ Had she been born a man , those traits would have made her an excellent ruler . ’ |
| 13 | Had she been asked the same question in different surroundings her amazement might have been tempered with doubt that Nahum Morey was in his right mind , but in this confined space she began to share his conviction that they had been drawn together by their various needs . |
| 14 | Nor had she ever come home footsore , as she surely must had she been quartering the city in the fashion she claimed . |
| 15 | One hundred year ago Prof Peabody might well have been equally indignant had she been called a scientist , and would have said ( as did Faraday and Kelvin ) ‘ I prefer to be called a natural philosopher ’ . |
| 16 | But I discerned that she was a pretty child , one who would have grown into a beauty had she been allowed the opportunity to age . |
| 17 | Had she been making a genuine decision to refuse the treatment , it would be necessary in a case such as this to find out if the patient had received any advice as to the consequences of a refusal to accept treatment . |
| 18 | He was not reassured by hearing Bruce Davidson in the passage cheerily observing to Catherine that she was looking a bittie pale ; was it just the London air , or had she been burning the candle at both ends ? |
| 19 | And , in spite of the fact that she now knew a great deal more about the missing man , she still had no answer to the essential question : had she been examining the life of a victim of violent crime , or that of a murderer ? |
| 20 | Clearly it is of prime importance to know how and why this dramatic reversal of traditional attitudes has occurred , and to ask ourselves the question why our approval of democracy should be so automatic and unhesitating when , had we been born a century or so earlier , we would have been equally unhesitating in disclaiming any support for so dangerous and radical a notion . |
| 21 | Had they been given a more accurate picture of what was actually taking place , would they have reacted differently ? |
| 22 | Had they been given the time , they 'd 've talked their faces off . |
| 23 | Furthermore , many authorities , had they been given the option , would have chosen to spend more on services . |
| 24 | They had not given the details of the break-in a moment 's thought , so keen had they been to avoid the subject in the course of the evening . |
| 25 | And the poor things , English Heritage have done erm they 've they 're recreated a room at Priory and they 've got woodworm in it and all their furniture 's falling to pieces it 's terrible . |
| 26 | Had he been bearing a grudge against her since the previous Friday when she had pushed him against the door of Woolworth 's ? |
| 27 | Had he been telling the truth ? |
| 28 | The streetwise young black would have done just that , had he been given the chance . |
| 29 | Had he been watching the others , before he took his own spoonful ? |
| 30 | His friends tried to console hi , but he could n't help thinking about the £9,300 percentage that would have been his had he been carrying the bag on the day . |