Example sentences of "[subord] he have been [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local press reports said that former President Traore had been hurriedly moved from the Kati barracks , where he had been held in detention . |
| 2 | Although he 'd been kept in secure accommodation 3 times in his life , he was now in a stable relationship with a new foster mother . |
| 3 | Although he had been born in Wine Street , Bristol , his cloth-making ancestors had come from Wellington , and his grandfather had farmed in the remote Somerset hamlet of Rich 's Holford below the southern slopes of the Quantock Hills ; his eccentric uncle , John , was comfortably established in a ‘ most delightful villa ’ a mile from Taunton , and Bath had intermittently been Southey 's own home since childhood . |
| 4 | He was the man in charge of H3 , and he spoke with his émigré parents ' guttural Central European accent although he had been born in Ipswich , and he had been in H area for 26 years . |
| 5 | At ten past eight that evening , when he ran downstairs to answer his outer doorbell and found her on the doorstep , it was as if he had been kicked in the stomach . |
| 6 | If he had been born in Australia or Lithuania or even Manchester , Sheikh al Hassan could have ejected his minion on to the street in the sure knowledge that it would be put down to robust good humour . |
| 7 | If he had been born in England he would have been put in care by now . |
| 8 | Mark Twain was so impressed he included a description in his work The Innocents Abroad : ‘ I watched the Silver Swan which had a living grace about his movements and a living intelligence in his eyes — watched him swimming about as comfortably and unconcernedly as if he had been born in a morass instead of a jewellers ' shop — watched him seize a silver fish from under the water and hold up his head and go through all the customary and elaborate motions of swallowing it ’ . |
| 9 | He looked as if he had been shot in the chest . |
| 10 | The fans absolutely loved him and would throng the terraces to witness his extrovert pre-match warm-up sessions , in which he entertained and even amused the supporters before returning to the dressing-room as mud-stained and soiled as if he had been playing in a game . |
| 11 | He would have posed the same question if he had been sitting in her position . |
| 12 | Ted was a child of the sixties , but he sounded as if he 'd been born in the Blitz . |
| 13 | She saw him scowl darkly as he scanned the page , and wondered for a few moments if perhaps , although he could speak her tongue almost as if he 'd been born in her country , he did not read English so well . |
| 14 | If he 'd been thrown in cold against Juventus 's £8 million man , McLaren might well have suffered a very different fate from the rave reviews that greeted his outstanding display . |
| 15 | ‘ Do n't ever follow me again , Peter , ’ she said , totally unexpectedly ; she had n't even looked his way , and he felt as if he 'd been caught in a searchlight 's beam in the middle of some guilty act . |
| 16 | You do n't know , I mean he could of gone if he 'd been lying in a chair wa watching the |
| 17 | Steve looked as if he 'd been smacked in the face with a writ . |
| 18 | Under cross-examination he denied his evidence was tainted by any bitterness he held for British soldiers because he had been jailed in 1968 for five years in Manchester for assault . |
| 19 | This might have been because he 'd been kept in an aviary and not given enough exercise , and i felt sure I could put that right . |
| 20 | But he was economising because he 'd been robbed in Spain . ’ |
| 21 | At the same time , he knew that , while he had been living in Canada , she had been an activist for a period with the WLAA and had been outspoken on occasions such as the meeting of the deputation with Whitelaw and the television debates . |
| 22 | But since he had been invited in his own right , he would go . |
| 23 | It could not be three days since he had been left in the dark ; was it even three hours ? |
| 24 | Since he had been commissioned in November 1858 , he had ‘ almost wholly devoted ’ himself to the building , and tenders were expected in a few days . |
| 25 | In Richard III Clarence has every reason to fear for his life , since he has been imprisoned in the Tower of London . |
| 26 | Stanger also quite magnificently clawed down Proctor after he had been uncorked in his own 22 by the largely negative Neil Jenkins ( who had two goal-kicking failures ) , Rayer and Ricky Evans having capitalised on a Scottish attack short-circuiting . |
| 27 | With the family adamantly opposed to the match , Raine and Johnnie married quietly at Caxton Hall register office on July 14 , 1977 , shortly after he had been named in divorce proceedings by the Earl of Dartmouth . |
| 28 | Barry had been indicted on Feb. 15 on three felony and five misdemeanour charges after he had been arrested in a hotel room on Jan. 18 , having been filmed smoking crack cocaine with a former lover , Hazel " Rasheeda " Moore . |
| 29 | Barry had been indicted on Feb. 15 on three felony and five misdemeanour charges after he had been arrested in a hotel room on Jan. 18 , having been filmed smoking crack cocaine with a former lover , Hazel " Rasheeda " Moore . |
| 30 | The man got into the lift with her after he had been waiting in the foyer . |