Example sentences of "to have be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ What am I supposed to have been looking for ? ’ |
2 | He may miss out significant features of style which he happens not to have been looking for . |
3 | Wilko was reported to have been looking at Ronnie earlier this season but nothing came of it . |
4 | because Shirley seems to have been looking after , anyway she married this Robert |
5 | Unrest had surfaced in Lincolnshire in late February and proved to have been fomented by Clarence and Warwick with the aim of placing Clarence on the throne . |
6 | Unrest had surfaced in Lincolnshire in late February and proved to have been fomented by Clarence and Warwick with the aim of placing Clarence on the throne . |
7 | Most of the attacks were near main roads , and the original police hypothesis was that a single madman or religious fanatic was motoring from one enclosed pasture to another ; then several horses seemed to have been assaulted in different places at the same time , although this is not certain . |
8 | MADONNA is the latest high profile performer to have been cited by US presidential candidate Bill Clinton in his quest to court young voters . |
9 | We pass a council estate and a forlorn shop which seems to have been carved into the ground level of the estate . |
10 | Cadwallon has gathered a victorious host and appears to have been encamped on Môn ( Anglesey ) with a fleet nearby . |
11 | A multitude of household effects , iron bars , timbers , glass , bricks , a chimney stack , seemed to have been shaken by some giant hand and strewn any which way . |
12 | She had changed into a gown she seemed to have been poured into , and promised to pop out of . |
13 | This restriction ensures that section 87 can not be exploited , that there will be no difficulty in identifying a genuine successor and that only bona fide claims to have been residing with the tenant shall succeed . |
14 | Recent accessions have included the first American edition of Joseph Black 's Lectures on the elements of Chemistry , ( Philadelphia : 1807 ) ; a Paris edition of John Barclay 's Argenis printed in 1621 , and an item believed to have been printed in Edinburgh about 1800 entitled ‘ A Pleasant Humourous and satyrical poem ’ , part one of which calls on young women to ‘ embrace the pure and holy state of matrimony ’ : part two ‘ contains excellent directions in the choice of a husband … ’ |
15 | It is pleasing to report the purchase during the year from the private owner of twenty-four half-sheets of a copy of Breviarium Aberdonense ( Edinburgh , 1509–10 ) , generally known as the Aberdeen Breviary , the earliest surviving substantial work known to have been printed in Scotland . |
16 | Although there have been several since , he is the first known Westerner to have been eaten by a Komodo Dragon . |
17 | The indemnity was described simply as a payment ‘ for making peace ’ , but it has been pointed out that the sum of £20,000 is close to the amount thought to have been extorted by the Scots from the northern counties of England over the years since Bannockburn , and the payment may have been seen as compensation for the destruction wrought in the north . |
18 | It was said to have been given to prisoners as poison from the time of Pliny , and most references agree that it was also the plant with which Socrates was poisoned . |
19 | The board was supposed to have been given to him by his uncle , an Hawaiian prince . |
20 | In addition , Mrs Jones was dissatisfied that little attention appeared to have been given to Tom 's problems in school . |
21 | Above all , there seemed to be little recognition of the special needs of people who were destined to spend very long periods behind bars : the long-termers were treated not very differently from the short-termers , and relatively little thought seemed to have been given to the risk of mental deterioration in an environment without stimulus . |
22 | An extremely important item , housed in the Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Vienna , is the pure silk Hunting carpet , believed to have been given to Emperor Leopold I by Peter the Great . |
23 | Relatively little thought appears to have been given to developing systematic forms of training in the area of music in worship , and little assessment of the quality of training seems to take place . |
24 | The only thing I 'd say , I , I would have expected perhaps I missed out on , on yesterday 's course , but I would perhaps have expected more emphasis to have been given to something that you mentioned , right at the end , was ‘ Find out how long the interview 's going to be ’ . |
25 | 18.2 Any such notice shall be in the English language and shall be considered to have been given at the time when actually delivered , sent by telefax or telex or in any other event within 14 ( fourteen ) days after it was mailed in the manner hereinbefore provided . |
26 | The positive test is said to have been given after the Lievin race on 13 February which saw Narozhilenko , the world 100m hurdles champion in Tokyo in 1991 , begin an extraordinary record-breaking sequence at 60m hurdles . |
27 | A third secretary at the UK embassy was reported on July 21 to have been given until the end of the month to leave the country , accused of having " violated diplomatic norms " . |
28 | Conservatives believe revelation to have been given in the past , as do all Christians . |
29 | ( 10 ) In any case where under the provisions of this Article the Directors may require a Transfer Notice to be given in respect of any Shares , if a Transfer Notice is not duly given within a period of two weeks of demand being made , a Transfer Notice shall be deemed to have been given in respect of such Shares at the expiration of the said period . |
30 | ( 10 ) In any case where under the provisions of this Article the Directors may require a Transfer Notice to be given in respect of any Shares , if a Transfer Notice is not duly given within a period of two weeks of demand being made , a Transfer Notice shall be deemed to have been given in respect of such Shares at the expiration of the said period . |