Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] [art] " 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 Moreover , it also allowed entry into the policewomen 's world , which , using van Maanen 's logic , would have been denied a male field-worker ( for the difficulties in establishing rapport experienced by a male researcher on the police see Warren and Rasmussen 1977 : 358 ) .
7 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 ?
8 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 .
9 Derek felt from an early age that he should have been born a woman .
10 ‘ Things might have been handled a bit better — but it 's between him and the team . ’
11 It must have been mailed a few days ago , with a second class stamp .
12 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 .
13 ‘ It 's something that should have been done a long time ago .
14 Which should have been done a long time ago , and I 've been given yet another extension .
15 ‘ Which is what should have been done a week since . ’
16 ‘ If Debbie had lost a leg she would have been given a customised artificial limb and provided with physiotherapy at the hospital and at home , ’ says Mrs Finni .
17 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 .
18 He should have been given a medal for trying to catch a car vandal .
19 I BELIEVE Dr Cox should have been given a long jail sentence .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 This is probably why Blakemore would have been given a licence had one been needed under previous legislation .
23 ‘ You 'll have been given a directive from D21 ? ’
24 Once a year you would have been given a Sunday off to visit your own family ; this became known as Mothering Sunday .
25 I knew , of course , that one or other of the suore kept a constant eye on how we behaved , and I knew too that had they noticed anything ‘ unusual ’ I would have been given a severe talking-to and told not to come back .
26 You will have been given a time at which to expect clearance to leave the hold — this could be either EAT or OCT .
27 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 .
28 If somehow she could have been given a meagre share in their relationship , if one or the other had treated her as a confidante , it might have been more bearable .
29 If I 'd known that I would have been given a long lecture at the end of the day , well … ’
30 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 .
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