Example sentences of "[conj] he have been [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wilson identified with his father , to the extent of wanting to have genital , genital contact with him , since Wilson saw his father as the author of all his skills , his strength and all that he 'd been grateful for . |
| 2 | Meanwhile Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke last night received an apology from ITN for claiming that he had been late for yesterday 's wreath-laying ceremony at the Cenotaph . |
| 3 | They next claimed that he had been responsible for a murder in Belfast which had received considerable publicity . |
| 4 | His confession — that he had been responsible for poisoning Mozart — has intrigued historians and musicians ever since , but it seems to be quite unfounded . |
| 5 | Although the assassination of Buckingham could have provided a fresh start , on the assumption that he had been responsible for the King 's policies , there was no redress of grievances . |
| 6 | The Field Marshal was to be tried on two counts : the first , that he had been responsible for the killing of 335 Italians in the Ardeatine Caves outside Rome and the second that he had incited his troops to act with unnecessary force against the partisans . |
| 7 | And after as many tender words as he could think of , to try and lighten the load , to try and make it seem less of a confession , even to try and compensate for the shared and shaming confidence , he told Fergus that he had been responsible for the fire that had burned down the barn near Port Ann , fifteen years earlier . |
| 8 | He remained in detention during the rebellion but stated in a letter published in the press that he had been responsible for it , a claim which was interpreted more as a dramatic personal gesture than a statement of fact ; earlier reports stated that the rebellion had been such a surprise to him that he had requested a pistol in order to shoot himself . |
| 9 | The man was an aristocrat , inconceivably wealthy , brother to an Earl , a Member of Parliament , a Colonel — that he had been amiable for a couple of passing days was surely something she could accept , absorb and forget . |
| 10 | He was dressed in work clothes — tailored dark grey trousers and a cream shirt — but the latter was open at the neck and he wore no tie , suggesting that he had been ready for a relaxing Friday evening drink . |
| 11 | But he was also a healthy adult male with an appetite for life , an appetite he was accustomed to feeding , and he 'd been hungry for too long . |
| 12 | He felt light-headed , as if he had been awake for days on end . |
| 13 | It was difficult to explain , but he 'd been uneasy for the last few minutes : not an emotion he 'd ever had much experience of before . |
| 14 | Even her father 's death a month ago had n't really affected her , because he had been ill for such a long time that nobody could be sorry that the end had come . |
| 15 | ‘ Because he 's been dead for over two hundred years . ’ |
| 16 | One reason for this was , of course , that since he had been dead for three months his eyes were in any case not in the best of condition . |
| 17 | He wondered whether he 'd been asleep for a while , or just deep in thought . |
| 18 | He had returned earlier in the day and Maeve was as ecstatic to see him as he had been hungry for her . |