Example sentences of "and his [noun pl] have been [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following the disappointing returns in the World Cup , Richardson and his players had been under intense pressure . |
| 2 | Mr James Briggs , of Coniscliffe Road , spends weekends battling with bracken and raising grouse on his family 's 3,000-acre Ramsgill Moor in Nidderdale , and his efforts have been highly commended in the 1991–92 Shooting Times Conservation Awards . |
| 3 | I do not know a great deal about the Labour party 0898 line , but I know that the complaints that I have made for many years to the Minister and his predecessors have been not about Neil Kinnock but about the serious pornographic messages that I believe have contributed significantly to the crimes of violence against women that take place outside on the streets . |
| 4 | In recent weeks , Mr Albert Reynolds and his colleagues have been too preoccupied with their domestic abortion crisis to focus upon security . |
| 5 | It 's common knowledge that Ingard — in company with other speculators — is having difficulties , and his shares have been severely written down . |
| 6 | On the death of his father in 1867 he and his sisters had been virtually adopted by their uncle , Sir David Salomons [ q.v. ] , |