Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that means this hay meadow which would normally have been cut a month ago is still standing to let wildflowers seed and fledgling birds fly . |
| 2 | Pressure of numbers impinges on every facet of the prison system , and in some institutions has resulted in overcrowded conditions that would not have been tolerated a century earlier . |
| 3 | Cessation of hostilities reduced its political weight , but so effective had it been in the 1918 election and so important was the ex-servicemen 's vote , that it could have been played a while longer . |
| 4 | SEGA brought Night Trap before the Board voluntarily , but had it not done so the game would have been made a test case . |
| 5 | If Piggy had not told Ralph his nickname in the beginning he would not have been made a ridicule of before the vote . |
| 6 | Is the Minister aware that , by 9 January , Bir Zeit university will have been closed continuously for a period of four years and that a generation of young Palestinians will have been denied the right to higher education , which is surely one of the basic fundamental human rights ? |
| 7 | Indeed , had he been some eight years older , he would have been born a subject of the pope — but the Piedmontese put an end to that possibility when they invaded Rome in 1870 . |
| 8 | Derek felt from an early age that he should have been born a woman . |
| 9 | ‘ Things might have been handled a bit better — but it 's between him and the team . ’ |
| 10 | Dr Lyons said Moore should have been escorted the morning following the cemetery incident when he left the home of a colleague where he had spent the night . |
| 11 | ‘ Which is what should have been done a week since . ’ |
| 12 | The latest goal to Brann was given on a dubious penalty in overtime and there should probably have been given a free-kick for handling — for — Lyn just before the last Brann goal — the ref admitted this after seeing the whole situation on video-tape . |
| 13 | Martin needed a bit of time to settle down and should have been given a couple of throws in his usual position in the middle before going to the front and staying there . |
| 14 | Once a year you would have been given a Sunday off to visit your own family ; this became known as Mothering Sunday . |
| 15 | If I had had to justify my work in terms of clinical benefits before I started it , I would never have been given a licence . |
| 16 | This is probably why Blakemore would have been given a licence had one been needed under previous legislation . |
| 17 | ‘ You 'll have been given a directive from D21 ? ’ |
| 18 | You will have been given a time at which to expect clearance to leave the hold — this could be either EAT or OCT . |
| 19 | She must have been given a lift home from school with someone 's dad , because there were two other girls in the car in green uniforms . |
| 20 | He should have been given a medal for trying to catch a car vandal . |
| 21 | Thompson was backed by former hard-man Liverpool colleague Tommy Smith , who said Thompson should have been given a medal for what he did at Anfield , not the sack . |
| 22 | and she said well we 've got , for instance , one of my favourite patience is the girl of er , I think she 's nineteen , and er , she 's in their because her father had raped her since she was about eight , when she was sixteen she killed him , well I said well I think she should have been given a medal . |
| 23 | When the process is complete , the outgoing prime minister goes straight to the Palace and formally tenders his resignation ; the most he needs to do is inform the monarch , who will have been given the figures already , that the ballot has produced a given result , probably adding that in his view the newly elected leader can command a majority in Parliament . |
| 24 | Some of them are very good indeed but it is unlikely that they will have been given the opportunity to develop skills in such highly specialised areas as industrial photography , beauty photography or still life . |
| 25 | Eilish McDermott , QC , appearing for Doherty , submitted ‘ natural justice ’ required that — taking account of the time he spent in jail in the US — Doherty should have been given the opportunity to make representations to the Secretary of State . |
| 26 | As recently as 5 years ago , Leeds would never have been given the Makita tournament or chance to stage matches with a global profile . |
| 27 | Dr Enid Starkie would have been given the chance to swat another Mistake in Literature . |
| 28 | But in an exclusive interview with Central South , Kevin Maxwell told our reporter Simon Garrett that his family should at least have been given the chance to buy the medals . |
| 29 | He must have been given the stuff in his food . ’ |
| 30 | He had this load of dead-weights working for him , old lasses that should have been given the boot years ago . |