Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] he have be [adj] " in BNC.

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1 On the question of whether as adviser he had been privy to confidential information , he said : ‘ Any ( management ) buyout is party to information other buyers wo n't have . ’
2 Of course he 'd been interested .
3 He , too , seemed visibly affected by the brief amount of time he had been able to spend with his brother .
4 Even with Palottino he had been discreet , not mentioning what the kidnapper had said to him .
5 In the year under review he has been involved in 20 seminars , 18 counselling workshops and has undertaken 92 company visits .
6 A chuckle was her only answer as he closed the door behind him , and she jumped out of bed and into the bathroom in case he had been serious about the fifteen minutes .
7 As Treasurer he had been responsible for the most sweeping economic reforms ever undertaken in Australia , including floating the dollar and deregulating the financial system .
8 Nearer at hand he had been involved in the building of forts at Bovisand and Crownhill .
9 At school he had been enthusiastic but undistinguished , and after it he had found himself in a polytechnic in the Midlands , in the state of paralysis of the imagination that tends to grip adolescents when the time for choosing a career looms .
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