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

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1 There was no logical reason why they should add to the vague tension he 'd been conscious of all day .
2 Ironically , it was change that had driven Tubby back to active service — change in civvy street and in the set ways of the pre-war world he had been used to .
3 On his previous visit he 'd been full of gushing enthusiasm , trying to banish , or at least mask , the strange sense of unease it evoked .
4 Despite Finn 's hundreds of dollars , he still likes to wear old , tatty clothes + lead the rough life he has been used to .
5 ‘ It 's a very good thing he 's been involved in the pre-tour training at Lilleshall and is going along for the first three weeks of the Indian tour to bowl in the nets .
6 As Robinson put it : ‘ even with a less persuasive argument he has been able to get a democratic decision in his favour but the democratic process is used throughout the party ’ .
7 When she had telephoned Robert about breakfast-time , asking to see him about an important matter , he had seemed so astonished that the only place he had been able to suggest was here .
8 Zen decided to give him the only answer he had been able to come up with .
9 It had undoubtedly been the only time he 'd been able to relax .
10 But the shed at the side of the road had been unlocked , and when he peered into it the outline of the covered carriage he had been able to make out in the darkness promised adequate protection and a degree of comfort .
11 She dragged up that other business he 'd been foolish enough to confide in her , that lost girl with the golden voice .
12 In the past month he has been busy in Scotland on Loch Lomond , and Lochs Woodhall and Ken near to Dumfries .
13 If he was indeed the highwayman who had terrorised the area for the past year he had been responsible for the murders of a number of men and women already .
14 For a number of weeks he was unable to train with his colleagues , but in the past fortnight he has been able to step up his training .
15 For a number of weeks he was unable to train with his colleagues , but in the past fortnight he has been able to step up his training .
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