Example sentences of "[adj] he have [be] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was conspicuously trying to be brave , but it was quite clear he had been devastated by the experience . |
| 2 | It was known to Charles too , for in 832 he had been installed as king there , briefly , at Limoges . |
| 3 | Salieri had never got on with Leopold II , and in 1790 he had been released from most of his court obligations , remaining as a kind of honorary kapellmeister . |
| 4 | By 1985 he had been relegated to a place in the wings while his wife , now a media star , glowed . |
| 5 | Since 1985 he has been dedicated to the development and implementation of practical/operational expert systems for different sectors of industry including aerospace . |
| 6 | Ever since he was two years old he had been captivated by the pictures of the fiery beasts in The Octarine Fairy Book . |
| 7 | When his trial opened on May 26 he had been charged with complicity in genocide , and the presiding judge had only substituted the lesser charge of instigating murder at the moment of reaching a verdict . |
| 8 | Since 1171 he had been negotiating with Count Humbert of Maurienne . |
| 9 | On March 7 he had been suspended from the House of Commons for 20 days after the Commons select committee on members ' interests had on Feb. 19 upheld two allegations against him of failing to declare business dealings in the register of MPs ' interests . |
| 10 | The rational part of his mind knew this could not be the case , and that it was most likely he 'd been travelling in circles . |
| 11 | He told Husband he 'd have to consult with the rest of the private Office and maybe even the PM before he could agree to them interrogating you ; he may actually be doing that , for all I know , though I think it 's more likely he 's been waiting for his temper to cool before he briefs you . |
| 12 | For a moment she thought he was going to throw his arms round her and hug her , she was sure he had been thinking of it , but he hesitated and she turned away . |
| 13 | She 'd been so sure he 'd been born to money . |
| 14 | At the end of January 1916 he had been transferred in great secrecy from Douai to Jametz north of Verdun , to take part in the ‘ aerial barrage ’ . |
| 15 | On the second visit Mr. Burgess was given instructions different from those he had been given on the first visit . |
| 16 | All this was news to Rance , for although Burma was not formally independent he had been excluded from decision making since the Attlee — Aung San Agreement had transferred virtually all power to the Council , functioning as a Cabinet . |
| 17 | It was delicious to be close to Alain , to belong to him , to know that all the time she had been alone he had been thinking about her . |
| 18 | Posidonius confessed that at first he had been disturbed by the spectacle of human heads nailed up at the entrance of the aristocratic Celtic houses , but afterwards " becoming used to it he could bear it with equanimity " ( Strabo 4.4.5 ) . |
| 19 | ‘ Since 1973 he has been associated with the development of LASMO from a small UK independent to its position today as a substantial international oil and gas exploration and production company ’ . |
| 20 | Thus , if the taxpayer can show that in year 1 he had been assessed under s739 on the £100,000 which accrued to the trust then the trustees are able either in that year or in subsequent years to pay the monies out without any tax charge under s742(2) ( c ) . |
| 21 | He claimed that after 1987 he had been blackmailed by Papandreou into channelling interest on deposits from public corporations into Pasok election funds . |
| 22 | The Magistrate hesitated , stroking those terrible , radical , flaring whiskers of his … since he had shouted himself hoarse as a young man in 1832 he had been devoted to the radical cause , a supporter of Chartism , of factory reform , and of every other progressive notion which crossed his path . |
| 23 | There was nothing to spare unless he used the rupee that he had been given for his own food . |
| 24 | As usual he had been accompanied by a beautiful woman . |
| 25 | In October 1906 he went to Trinity Hall , Cambridge , and left in March 1909 , having taken no examinations ; on 6 December 1907 he had been received into the Catholic Church by R. Hugh Benson [ q.v . ] . |
| 26 | And in the 1930s he had been unforgiving towards these friends of his youth . |
| 27 | Born in the 1880s he had been educated in Switzerland long before Reza Shah 's establishment of a dynasty in his own name , and had been exiled to the north-east of Iran . |
| 28 | But by 1646 he had been deprived of his parish and in 1648 he was expelled from Christ Church . |
| 29 | At last he 's been listened to . |
| 30 | He also told us how he had nourished the fire of hate inside him , ever since as a child of seven he had been spat upon by a white man . |