Example sentences of "have [been] [adj] at the " in BNC.
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| 31 | These ‘ would seem to have been traditional at the time , for Ormandy did the same in his Philadelphia recording . |
| 32 | A retired postman who claimed to have been present at the Battle of Studley Constable was interviewed on television , and I still receive the occasional letter from Germans and Americans claiming that fathers or uncles had been at the ‘ battle ’ . |
| 33 | He himself claimed to have been present at the battle of the Boyne , as a private soldier in King William 's army ; later he deserted from the Royal Regiment of Dragoons ( Scots Greys ) when serving under the first Duke of Marlborough [ q.v. ] in Flanders . |
| 34 | As an alternative to the last submission it was argued that the money was paid to and received by the revenue under an implied agreement that it would be held as a deposit against tax that might be held to have been due at the dates of payment and that it would be repaid if and when it turned out that no tax was due . |
| 35 | The painters themselves , despite the highly organized aspect of the demonstration , appear to have been surprised at the sensation caused by their works and at the sudden notoriety which they acquired overnight . |
| 36 | One may cite not only the case of the group already mentioned which felt itself to have been ill-treated at the hands of Civizade , but also the experience of Kadiri Celebi , the Mufti in the time of Suleyman , who spent nine years in great hardship as a before receiving an appointment , probably at the beginning of the second decade of the sixteenth century . |
| 37 | It also seems to have been customary at the death of a scholar for those of his students who were sufficiently advanced in their studies to become . |
| 38 | From the outset , commentators seem to have been astonished at the great interest the competition evoked . |
| 39 | Hankin said Gill 's contract was cancelled because he knew the player had been unhappy at the club for some time . |
| 40 | In R v Love the Court of Appeal quashed the conviction of a director of a printing company who had been absent at the time a print order for obscene books was accepted , and who had no personal knowledge of the contents of those books . |
| 41 | The undertaking was the dream of Yoshikuni Kamichika , its president , who , on a visit to Holland had been impressed at the way the Dutch had managed to retain an ecological balance despite their economic growth . |
| 42 | There I had been present at the celebrations marking the Golden Jubilee of St Joseph 's College , Sasse , ( pronounced Sassay ) , where I used to teach . |
| 43 | Luckily the second tags on the babies ' arms were correct and van driver Derek , who had been present at the birth , was positive Daniel was his baby . |
| 44 | Within six days , on 3 May 1862 , the young boy died , Benjamin declaring as he applied for a certificate that he had been present at the death . |
| 45 | Much play was made of the fact that , since he had been present at the murder of John , duke of Burgundy , at Montereau he could not properly and worthily inherit the throne , from which he was now excluded . |
| 46 | A fulsomely congratulatory message to me from Reuters later in the day made me aware that no representative of my rival overseas agencies had been present at the Jeanes conference . |
| 47 | From then onwards , ‘ Fred T. Jane ’ became a recognized signature on bold black and white illustrations in a number of books and magazines ; so realistic was the picture in the Illustrated London News of the torpedoing of the ironclad Blanco Encalada in the Chilean revolutionary war of 1891 that a legend grew that Jane had been present at the action . |
| 48 | Alfonso was rumoured to have said , ‘ If I had been present at the Creation , I would have given some useful hints for the better arrangement of the Universe . ’ |
| 49 | She had been present at the incident involving Seb and Nahum the previous evening . |
| 50 | US officials had been alarmed at the size of Moda'i 's estimate and had unofficially rejected it . |
| 51 | ‘ They asked about Joanna , and because I did n't know what was going on I said she had been due at the Leisure Centre at 7pm to take her class . |
| 52 | Rachel had n't taken a lot of notice of the young SHO — she had been more interested in her own circle of friends at the time — but he had been a frequent visitor at the Stevenses ' home and she knew her parents had liked him and had been pleased at the prospect of him becoming their son-in-law . |
| 53 | It was not in fact until a newly legalised Solidarity had been successful at the polls and formed a majority administration in 1989 that the making of public policy began again to command at least a minimum of public acceptability . |
| 54 | He said hoteliers had been shocked at the speed with which the flood struck . |
| 55 | She had been strange at the funeral , and even stranger in the two years that had passed . |
| 56 | He had been sceptical at the time , but she 'd been quite right , for he had suddenly understood the story . |
| 57 | She had been horrified at the botch Ruth made of it and Ruth had begun to wish that she had taken a few of Hester 's proffered lessons . |
| 58 | The Attorney-General had been astonished at the verdict and came to the conclusion that the jury had viewed Leese as a stupid crank with honest convictions who should not be convicted of the serious charge of seditious libel . |
| 59 | Incidentally the lesson would have been better if there had been more tape recorders in the school and if the tape had been ready at the right moment . |
| 60 | She admitted that she had been thrilled at the idea of being alone with him , but all he was going to do was be stiffly silent . |