Example sentences of "have [be] [noun pl] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd been friends for some time when I first knew them but I did n't realise how long . |
| 2 | They 'd been lovers for some time , apparently . |
| 3 | There 'd been photographs of these people 's faces in the newspapers , but Stephen had forgotten what the faces looked like . |
| 4 | There may have been reasons for this lack of positive discrimination towards the older conurbations . |
| 5 | The main reason , main thing is presuming that there must have been refreshments for all these people , probably might have been just a buffet or cup of coffee , or I expect there was probably a lunch laid on , I want to know who footed the bill for the lunch ? |
| 6 | ‘ There could have been survivors aboard that plane . |
| 7 | But these relationships may not have been partnerships in any of the senses that the word is used today . |
| 8 | The princes had not been mentioned and she assumed it to have been instructions for some special task commissioned privately by the new constable . |
| 9 | Though one might think that all those who left must have been in agreement with the National Socialist ideology , there appear to have been artists of all persuasions who remained members . |
| 10 | As could be anticipated , those who had been tenants for several years , and therefore qualified for bigger discounts , were over-represented among the purchasers . |
| 11 | The show was worthy of the Cambridge Footlights , and I have no doubt that some of the participants had been members of that renowned dramatic society . |
| 12 | Asked for her views on the exhibition , one elderly woman who had been friends with many of the Expressionists described it as ‘ both exciting and deeply moving ’ . |
| 13 | He said there had been difficulties in some committee meetings in trying to achieve a quorum and said payments should be made as an award for members who attended . |
| 14 | There had been complaints for many years from the canal 's users , fed up with waiting in long queues at one end for the procession of boats to clear from the other ; like sitting at traffic lights that never change to green . |
| 15 | According to unofficial reports based on alleged eye-witness accounts , shortly before the passage of the reforms there had been demonstrations in several Albanian towns and an unprecedented strike [ for reports of protests in December 1989 and early January 1990 see pp. 37195-96 ] . |
| 16 | The first was that , since the eleventh century , the kings of England had been lords of much of north-western France , an area extending from Normandy ( in the time of William the Conqueror ) through Maine , Anjou , Touraine , and Poitou to the duchy of Aquitaine which , a century later , Henry II had come to control through his marriage to the duchess , Eleanor , previously the wife of Louis VII of France . |
| 17 | Attacks on adult women were featured in a sustained manner in the search stage in national newspapers only when there had been attacks on several women apparently by the same offender — for instance , a special rape squad was set up when a ‘ sex beast ’ was believed to be responsible for a series of attacks on at least twenty-three women . |
| 18 | as if it had happened a few years ago , Mr Donal John MacLennan , leaning on his metal gate as his sheep thronged the pens of today 's farm at Corry , knew that Johnson and Boswell had been guests in this place , and that they had had good times here . |
| 19 | On the previous day there had been rallies in many parts of the Russian Federation in support of Yeltsin ( who was under threat of a no confidence vote in the Russian Congress of People 's Deputies as a result of an attack on Gorbachev in February — see p. 38013 ) , and in opposition to Gorbachev and the Union Treaty . |
| 20 | In fact , they had known each other for only two years , and had been lovers for most of that time . |
| 21 | There had been cows in that yard outside and horses stabled around . |
| 22 | There had been nights like this years ago , when they were younger , before there was a house and a television set , before they were married . |
| 23 | Maureen 's attempt to move into her father 's office and her subsequent compromise of commandeering a desk in the room outside it had been gestures of little practical effect . |
| 24 | after my second week he said I 'd got the gift of the gab or something and I always manage to wind people round my finger and always always get what I want and everything and I always took my way out of shit and I heard this from Matt , you can imagine how upset I was like on my I tell you er I heard about it on the field weekend cos I was here and Matt was here as well and , and I just thought my God I 've been friends with this bloke , we were having baths together when we were like two years old and , and I 've known him all my life and if you ca n't trust him well where does the , where , well you know , who can you trust ? |
| 25 | ‘ And indeed we might say that the very greatest soldiers — Joshua , David , Alexander — who lent me one of my Christian names — Caesar , of course , our own great Alfred — the only king we call Great — Edward — and we could extend the list into the present — all have been scholars in some manner . |
| 26 | ‘ There have been approaches by several institutions but we are not considering new ventures as a priority , ’ he says . |
| 27 | He and I have been friends for many years , so it may have helped that I was there to give him some confidence in the project . |
| 28 | They have worked together and have been friends for some time . |
| 29 | ‘ There have been disappearances like this before . ’ |
| 30 | But there have been warnings against this — both from black parents and from the conservative popular press — and these are helping teachers to re-evaluate multicultural education and to consider much more fully why it is of benefit for all children and should lead to increased achievement and awareness amongst our pupils . |