Example sentences of "[noun] he have [been] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | It transpired that during the war he had been a medical officer in the German Wehrmacht fighting on the Eastern Front . |
2 | During the War he had been an auxiliary coastguard . |
3 | Before transferring to the Egyptian Service he had been a Regular Army officer in India and at times his military background reasserted itself . |
4 | But a shop assistant in the elite government village where Mr Krenz also lived , told local television he had been a regular customer in the supermarket supplying top officials with luxury goods . |
5 | But a shop assistant in the elite government village where Mr Krenz also lived , told local television he had been a regular customer in the supermarket supplying top officials with luxury goods . |
6 | But a shop assistant in the elite government village where Mr Krenz also lived , told local television he had been a regular customer in the supermarket supplying top officials with luxury goods . |
7 | After a short but successful amateur career he had been a steady winner of golfing titles in Europe and Africa ; had flirted with the American tour in the seventies , but without the conviction to make a real marriage of it ; and had been good enough occasionally to carry the hopes of British fans into the Open Championship . |
8 | Uncle George showed me his collection of Preston North End memorabilia , dating from the period 1888 to 1902 , when as a young man he had been a staunch supporter of ‘ The Invincibles ’ who won both The Football Association Cup and Division I of The Football League in the same season . |
9 | Before the incident he had been a cheerful , confident man full of life . |
10 | In addition he has been an important public figure with a significant influence on public policy in several countries , including the United Kingdom . |
11 | At school he had been an ace rugby player and had become a big burly man . |
12 | Like Gesner he had been a big handsome man and his costumes had been lavish and spectacular . |
13 | At that time he had been a practising Catholic for two or three months . |
14 | When she 'd first qualified in forensic medicine he 'd been a young sergeant . |