Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] he have be [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 No answer suggested itself , however , and after a minute or two he became aware that as these thoughts whirled through his mind he had been staring down at the grilles confining the Chinese coolie families .
2 The trainer now reports : ‘ Arazi is an intelligent horse , much more mature , and in his work he has been doing just what he has to do . ’
3 On the particular afternoon he decided to end his life he had been watching the marshalling of the fish vans from his office window .
4 From the moment he left your home on his quest he has been leaving a trail for you to follow ; not of pebbles , not of bread or coloured beads ; a trail of memory , of image like blood , like a scent ; something that you have always known even though so often it seemed to you that you did not recognize it . ’
5 Mr Clare told his son he had been saving the money he would have spent on his university education for him .
6 Whatever secret he had been hoping to confide on that short walk to the House would remain for ever unspoken .
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