Example sentences of "[noun sg] and he have be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His fascination with anything to do with space and spaceflight bordered upon obsession and he had been horrified when The New Hope had been blown out of the sky by the Seven . |
| 2 | He was found down by the river this morning and he 'd been dead since midnight or before . ’ |
| 3 | Now his hunting rifle had lost a piece from its firing mechanism and he had been unable to replace it . |
| 4 | Dr Nanayakkara said Liam 's death had caused him grave concern and he had been eager a specialist children 's pathologist should carry out the post-mortem examination . |
| 5 | Said his wife had been in need of a holiday and he had been unable to get away . |
| 6 | He said that when he was very young , he 'd made up his mind to marry her , but that it was a crazy idea and he 'd been stupid ever to think of it and Alice had been quite right when she told him so . ’ |