Example sentences of "[verb] he have been [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | His name was , but I found he 'd been lodging in a house in Road close to the railway station . |
| 2 | He believed he had been booked in the corresponding match against Lithuania in Belfast last year — or possibly against Albania . |
| 3 | They 'd said he 'd been caught in a heliborne ambush and killed in hand to hand combat by a malai captain . |
| 4 | Once there he held a much-publicised news conference during which he ridiculed American intelligence and claimed he had been held in captivity by the CIA . |
| 5 | Then in March , his mother was told he 'd been killed in action |
| 6 | His view was that erm if he was armed he had been armed in the past , he had discharged a firearm , he felt that er he would be in a desperate position erm , as he was an escaped prisoner and that he he would n't have erm any influence over him . |
| 7 | There had been conflicting stories as to whether Anthony had been intended , Wells having gone on record as saying he had been conceived in a moment of carelessness , professor Gordon Ray , who edited the West-Wells correspondence , as saying it was a deliberate attempt by Wells to keep Rebecca with him , and Rebecca herself as saying , ‘ Wells cheated me of all but one child . ’ |
| 8 | But when I put the phone down I find he has been standing in the doorway . |
| 9 | Harry knew he 'd been hit in the aircraft , feeling now the wetness of blood inside his shirt and trousers , although the wounds did n't hurt , only causing numbness . |
| 10 | Moreover , Vincentius admitted he had been educated in the area around the Middle Sea where Sir Ralph and the others had also served . |
| 11 | I think he 's been drinking in the pub cos I can smell it on his breath . |
| 12 | The 28-year-old graduate from Bristol University was fined at the end of last season for failing to turn up for the team coach travelling to the FA Cup final after discovering he had been dropped in favour of the fit-again Bruce Grobbelaar . |
| 13 | Mr Justice Johnson , who jailed the 37year-old Marquess for failing to pay £10,534 to his estranged wife Becky , said he had been acting in excess of his powers when he imposed the sentence . |
| 14 | Nineteen year old Joseph from South London said he 'd been acting in self defence , and he was cleared of murdering Bob who 'd challenging him with a hammer when he found him slashing car tyres . |
| 15 | Nineteen year old Joseph from South London said he 'd been acting in self defence . |
| 16 | Another unemployed divorcee said he 'd been sitting in his room late one night talking with a fellow inmate : |
| 17 | It 's difficult to be sure , but I 'd say he 'd been put in the water immediately after death and that he 's been tossed about in shallow water over a rocky bottom ever since . |