Example sentences of "to have [vb pp] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the night of the 17th and into the next day , the Germans mounted a massive bombardment ; shells are said to have fallen at the rate of 400 a minute . |
| 2 | Wright is then alleged to have spat at a spectator as he left pitch . |
| 3 | This was essentially a room for transacting business , though if Fournier 's picture is reliable , the Emperor seems to have sat at an inconvenient height at his desk in a small chair , covered in green plush , so low that once seated in it , writing must have been difficult . |
| 4 | Although the Unix International/OSF wars seem to have abated at the moment , ‘ there is always an excuse for them to rip each others hearts out , leaving Bill Gates to have the market , ’ says Rothstein . |
| 5 | Someone , for example , who finds himself in the embarrassing situation of seeming to have winked at an unknown passer-by may offer the account that he has some grit in his eye — this often accompanied by a flurry of overacted eyelid-rubbing and nose-blowing . |
| 6 | His Heswall colleague , Ian Spencer , is the only player from Merseyside to have succeeded at the pre-qualifying stage for the school and will be in France next week . |
| 7 | Taylor was reported to have protested at the arrival in Monrovia in mid-February of 10 Nigerian air force fighter planes , and to have warned that he would continue to oppose Sawyer 's interim government and the presence of ECOMOG . |
| 8 | Deputies of the Democratic , Social Democratic and Socialist parties in the Assembly were reported on Sept. 10 to have protested at the appointment of Greek Orthodox Exarch Januallatos as Patriarch of the Albanian Autocephalic Orthodox Church , and to have called for his departure from Albania . |
| 9 | It would have been interesting , and perhaps fairer , to have looked at the drama work in an authority either where no drama adviser existed or where he or she did not have the accolade of inspectorial approval . |
| 10 | It is nice to follow the first Conservative Back-Bench Member who seems to have looked at the Bill without blinkers . |
| 11 | John Douglas found himself charged with behaviour likely to lead to a breach of the peace as a result of some remarks he is said to have made at a meeting in Rathfriland . |
| 12 | These appear to have grown at the edge of the platform and were surrounded by oolitic sand shoals ( Peryt et al . |
| 13 | His first wife was supposed to have died at the end of the war . |
| 14 | The development of agronomic research into soil conserving practices also ( in four cases where the search discovered projects with this component ) seems to have occurred at the research station , and on the land of a handful of farmers . |
| 15 | The assault is alleged to have occurred at the Paradox night club in Aintree . |
| 16 | The assault is alleged to have occurred at the Paradox night club in Aintree . |
| 17 | Johnston is the only member of Roxburgh 's squad to have played at the Parc des Princes , the venue for the match . |
| 18 | On 7 December 1988 , al-Megrahi was alleged to have called at the Sliema boutique and bought the odd assortment of clothes that were used to wrap around the radio bomb . |
| 19 | On one issue — the nature of the orcs — Tolkien seems very nearly to have arrived at a solution without quite being able to grasp it , a sign , perhaps , of exhaustion . |
| 20 | In his account Norton claims to have arrived at the Elixir of Gold but to have had it stolen by a servant . |
| 21 | It appeared to have arrived at the right time . |
| 22 | However , few of the boards that we observed appeared to have arrived at the stage of reflecting on some of this learning in training sessions , which might , in turn , help them discover ways to become more effective . |
| 23 | For the next few years American audiences were shown aspects of their society that they could never have expected to have encountered at the movies and it must have struck at least some members of the public that film-going had become a more serious business . |
| 24 | Later , when she came to seek employment elsewhere , she could claim to have appeared at the Vienna Opera , and the record would confirm it . ’ |
| 25 | To have eaten at a time like this would have seemed all wrong . |
| 26 | Wickham asked whether MacQuillan appeared to have eaten at the Black Friar and she said yes , because both men had plates of food in front of them . |
| 27 | The office of collector of supply was one which held its value over time , for the salary appears to have increased at a rate which more than compensated the holder for the ravages of inflation . |
| 28 | Stalin is reported to have remarked at the end of the war that to establish communist rule in Poland would be like ‘ trying to saddle a cow ’ and Soviet relations with that country ( the largest and most populous in Eastern Europe ) have borne out these apprehensions . |
| 29 | The EC sought co-operation against drug traffickers , and Mexico was reported to have inserted at the last minute a formula to safeguard its national jurisdiction in this area . |
| 30 | The incident is alleged to have happened at the pensioner 's home in Crewe early yesterday morning . |