Example sentences of "[noun sg] that he have be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was at that moment , Ronni thought later , that Guido made up his mind that he 'd been wrong in associating Jeff with the disappearance of his speedboat . |
| 2 | George Soloway has been so busy making money that he has been unable ‘ to commit himself to another human being ’ . |
| 3 | Within six days , on 3 May 1862 , the young boy died , Benjamin declaring as he applied for a certificate that he had been present at the death . |
| 4 | At the trial of the action in 1979 Reeve J declined to take into account the supervening spinal disease and awarded damages on the basis that the plaintiff had been capable of light work , not on the basis that he had been incapable of work since 1976 in consequence of a disease for which his employers were in no way responsible . |
| 5 | The guest room that he had was large and airy , and overlooked a different part of the garden from Jessica 's . |
| 6 | Mr Beaton told the court that he had been asleep in his cab when two men with Glasgow accents woke him up by placing a bag over his head . |
| 7 | Rostov was troubled by the knowledge that he had been wool-gathering again . |
| 8 | There has never been any hint that he 's been involved in underhand dealings . ’ |
| 9 | I have a feeling that he had been married but I do not know what happened . |
| 10 | Almost twenty years alter the incident Coleridge was persuaded by Byron to publish the poem , and he then made the sensational claim that he had been able to remember 200 to 300 lines of perfect poetry when he had awoken from a drug-induced sleep , and was busy writing them down when he was interrupted by someone from Porlock demanding to see him on business . |
| 11 | He knew he had done nothing , knew beyond suggestion 's reach that he had been innocent of action as well as intention . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Although the details of Clinton 's draft record were tortuously complex and , by common consent , of limited relevance to the presidential campaign , Republicans made some effective political capital from the repeated suggestion that he had been evasive over admitting the truth of the matter . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The distinctive orange , yellow and black bike was a Christmas present for the youngster , but he has been so weak because of chemotherapy treatment that he has been able unable to ride it . |
| 16 | She told her brother that he had been one of the lucky ones , blown up by a land-mine , and only lost a toe — not even a big one , she teased . |
| 17 | It was the first time since her death that he had been able to think of it with anything like acceptance . |
| 18 | As he left court , Bartman said in a statement through his solicitor that he had been horrified and shocked by the murder and had always emphatically denied the allegations against him . |
| 19 | The fact that he had been unaware that there was a problem at all , and that people had grievances they felt unable to air to him privately , was , perhaps , a measure of him losing touch since moving office to the houseboat . |
| 20 | The maid would have to be dismissed of course … the girl had brazenly admitted allowing Patrick back into the house , and Katherine was n't sure which annoyed her more — the fact that the boy had managed to creep back into the house or the fact that he had been alone in the girl 's bedroom . |
| 21 | The fact that he had been able to make the journey across the Atlantic meant that life was at last reverting to its customary shape . |
| 22 | Despite the fact that he has been involved in more intimidating tackles than most professionals of his generation , he thinks a line has to be drawn between hard edged professionalism and pathological violence . |