Example sentences of "[verb] he have been [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Finnegan was to stand as Tory candidate for Stockton South at the 1983 general election but withdrew when it was disclosed he had been a member of an extreme right-wing party . |
| 2 | So he would be vague , and talk of the south , and say he had been a vagrant for many years . |
| 3 | Even after his arrest opinion surveys suggested that Barry retained considerable support and that many of his constituents believed him to have been the victim of a vindictive campaign of persecution by the federal authorities . |
| 4 | Patrick had been company , tending him had been a solace , hoping for him had been a hope . |
| 5 | Unable to admit that meeting him had been the catalyst , Luce said , ‘ I realised we were totally unsuited . |
| 6 | Martin Hines says he 's been a winner here twice and everyone will be looking to beat him . |
| 7 | Bearing in mind that Mr Steel probably on his own admission has said he 's been a bit late out of the starting blocks in order to make his bid for a review of the allocations , er I mean how do you feel in response to that ? |
| 8 | His will , executed on 12 December 1760 , shows him to have been a man of substance . |
| 9 | It was Nicholas junior who had shared his night watches ; his work on the Harmonies shows him to have been a prodigy . |
| 10 | He wakes up one morning and realises he 's been an idiot . |
| 11 | The jury heard he had been a friend of Lady Cross for 12 years and had no history of violence . |
| 12 | He could n't forget he 'd been an Army sergeant , he talked like one and acted as if he was still on a parade ground or something . |
| 13 | I knew he had been a colleague of my father ; I wondered how he knew I was on the Sort-to . |
| 14 | Thought he 'd been a bit hurt when we grabbed him . |
| 15 | I think he 's been a bit green today . |
| 16 | Wheeler said he had been a member of the force for twelve and a half years and had been on duty on the Docks since last August . |
| 17 | Ken Gillance , for Hayman , said he had been a youth of impeccable character . |
| 18 | Prince Charles Edward was not among the runaways although to rescue him had been the task force 's real objective . |