Example sentences of "[vb base] he [verb] been [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The police say he 'd been arrested last month and questioned about threats to Mrs Smith , but he 'd been released on police bail pending further enquiries . |
| 2 | ‘ I believe he had been planning that warning for some time . |
| 3 | However , it got so bad one day — I think he had been discussing this with his father because he used to go home sometimes at the weekends and come back to the flat on Monday — and he came in one day and said , ‘ OK , it 's going to be cabaret ’ . |
| 4 | and , somebody ha erm nobody really knew a great deal about it , so I think he 's been doing some research on that . |
| 5 | Cos the last I see he 's been made redundant now has n't he ? |