Example sentences of "[noun] have [be] [v-ing] he [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Now Becky Blandford , although separated from her husband has been defending him on the daytime television programme , This morning . |
2 | Short had been saving him for the Ascot race . |
3 | Mr Fennell was worried because he thought nobody came to meet you , ’ he said , and she knew by his expression that the ancient tyrant had been upbraiding him on this account . |
4 | MILLWALL defender Colin Cooper showed why Nottingham Forest have been pursuing him with a fine display in their 2–1 win at DERBY . |
5 | The country was beckoning again , and his friend van Rappard had been telling him about Drenthe , a remote moorland region in the north of Holland which was starting to attract artists . |
6 | His father had been shielding him from the stones coming through . |
7 | Worse , Riley had been chiding him for not providing a string of exclusive MacQuillan stories but the ones he had written were being held over until they were out of date or appeared elsewhere . |
8 | The answer had been staring him in the face . |
9 | Detectives have been hunting him since the discovery of a bomb factory in a London flat shortly before last Christmas . |
10 | Surely here was the evidence that Jaq 's Emperor-sent impetus had been leading him toward . |
11 | Tulagai was flushed and it was apparent that Jotan had been baiting him for some time . |
12 | I did n't have another bridesmaid , nor did I have Southall in a cart , which Clare had been training him for , as a surprise for me . |
13 | Margaret had been seeing him for nearly a year and Maura had the feeling that they were going to get married . |