Example sentences of "have [be] [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She laughed and continued , ‘ Piers has been keeping me entertained while I waited for you . |
| 2 | ‘ The farmer 's son brought a beautiful mare to be shod ; and after she 'd been done he asked the guv'nor what he thought on her . |
| 3 | obviously , er they th they 'd been known they 'd been known to come , er and try and have a meeting . |
| 4 | She thought , as what she said registered and he looked towards the couch , that he looked grateful , and wondered if he was vaguely remembering that the last time he 'd been plastered he had spent the night on that same couch . |
| 5 | I 'd been wondering what made me think of Schumann . ’ |
| 6 | Not only did she not help ; in the time when she could have been helping she did things like lining the kitchen cupboards with flowery paper , polishing the brass door knocker , ironing tea-towels and shampooing the TV room carpet . |
| 7 | I think that 's what Eve would have been telling you had she been able to give you a ring … . ’ |
| 8 | He must have been wondering what had happened to his Sunday dinner , if they had such a thing in Joy 's house . |
| 9 | Your lord may even find it diverting , as well as enlightening , for he must have been wondering what had been laid on his doorstone . ’ |
| 10 | Grunte then asked them whether they had heard the one about the Norwegian woman who had bought her son three shoes , having been told he had grown a foot ; a sally which was met by universal groans . |
| 11 | When the captain heard that war had been declared he told the passengers that they were protected by international law , but he blacked out his ship as a precaution . |
| 12 | If no excuse had been sent he called on the parents , so truancy was kept to a minimum . |
| 13 | Until now he had been using one loaned to him by Christian . |
| 14 | When this had been done they made to go downstairs again , but I was in front of them going down two at a time . |
| 15 | He claimed he had been glue-sniffing which made him sexually aroused . |
| 16 | He had been asked what happened when he was making routine checks on a red Sierra car he and Special Constable Glenn Goodman , 37 , stopped on the A64 between York and Leeds last June . |
| 17 | PC Alexander Kelly , 32 , had been asked what happened when he was making routine checks on a red Sierra car which he and Special Constable Glenn Goodman , 37 , had stopped on the A64 between York and Leeds last June . |
| 18 | Prior to Miyazawa 's Korean visit fresh evidence had been uncovered which had caused public outrage both in Japan and elsewhere . |
| 19 | ‘ She was well known in Aspull and it had been said she had a heart of gold . ’ |
| 20 | Once everything had been checked I filled the vat with water and switched the pump on . |
| 21 | They both knew that a loss had been suffered which had to be apportioned between them , but there is nothing to show that they had any idea , let alone conflicting ideas , of what the correct apportionment should be . |
| 22 | It was established that the camera had been working and a video tape had been made which had been viewed by the police officers in charge of the case . |
| 23 | One indication that Richard was still maintaining a more aggressive attitude than his father lies in the fact that when the constable of Gisors killed a French knight in a skirmish which occurred after the truce had been made he thought it wiser to take refuge with Richard . |
| 24 | However , the results of an autopsy carried out by an Israeli and a US pathologist on Feb. 7 indicated that whilst Akawi had been beaten he had died as a result of a " cardiac insufficiency " brought on by a serious heart condition . |
| 25 | This was not done for imperial purposes , but once the navy had been developed it affected everything that happened in English policy . |
| 26 | Feeling dejected , she tried to push the questions from her mind , and as soon as the register formalities had been completed she left the office and went to see if she could assist Matt with the loading of the barbecue trailer . |
| 27 | None of these projects had been completed He ran hither and thither between the shelves of Eng . |
| 28 | After the results had been confirmed she attributed her victory to votes from the women of Ireland , who " instead of rocking the cradle rocked the system " . |
| 29 | After he had been accepted he trained in South Africa , and was then posted as a Flight Sergeant to Coastal Command . |
| 30 | By mid-century , a standard format had been devised which allowed a long-service civil servant to retire at a minimum age of 60 on a pension equal , at maximum , to two-thirds of his previous salary . |