Example sentences of "[adj] he have been [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The young man then died an unheroic death , riding his motorcycle underneath a lorry in Hammersmith and Vanessa 's emotions fed on the tragedy until she was convinced he had been the love of her life . |
| 2 | During the Norwegian Campaign of early 1940 he had been a member of 263 Squadron flying Gladiators , and had claimed one victory and a share in another before being wounded . |
| 3 | Throughout the '80s he had been a tower of strength as the last line in defence and had single-handedly reversed the image of the inept Scottish keeper . |
| 4 | Since 1840 he had been the Government Architect , firstly in the combined Office of Woods , Forests and Land Revenue and the Office of Works and Buildings and , when that organization split in 1851 , he remained as architect to both the Office of Works and the Office of Woods . |
| 5 | Andrew-wa He 's been a bit er green has n't he , I think . |
| 6 | In 1936 he had been a member of the Archbishop 's committee preparing for a conference to be held at Oxford on Church , Community and State . |