Example sentences of "he had been fight " in BNC.
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1 | She said it looked as if he had been fighting . |
2 | As Gabriel worked on the top of the ricks , he suddenly remembered that , eight months before , he had been fighting against fire in the same place as desperately as he was fighting against water now — and for love of the same woman , who did not love him . |
3 | With a curse Withel despatched the assassin he had been fighting . |
4 | Woolley looked as if he had been fighting a forest fire : his eyes were red , his face was filthy , and one ear had bled down his neck . |
5 | He had been fighting , one way or another , since just after noon . |
6 | He had been fighting or riding since three hours after sunrise this morning . |
7 | He had said he had been fighting with another man . |
8 | The minister , just back from Chicago where he had been fighting to prevent the breakdown of the talks , described the prospect of punitive tariffs as ‘ sad ’ . |
9 | Today 's news will come as a blow for British Agriculture minister John Gummer , who is just back from the US where he had been fighting to prevent the breakdown of the talks . |
10 | Today 's news will come as a blow for British Agriculture minister John Gummer , who is just back from the US where he had been fighting to prevent the breakdown of the talks . |